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A pang twisted in ht In a different time or circumstance, you tould have been fast friends"

"At the fort, I shared more whiskey with hiht, I explained all the things I could offer you He agreed to march without you--in order to make it easier for you to leave with me But he told eline Greene wants sohts on me, it’ll happen, whether I want better for her or not’"

"I’ve settheainst Richter"

He released a breath "Leave ether and talk into the night I want to be friends again"

"Spend time with you as a friend? Impossible"

"Why?"

His eyes flashed "Because I don’t want merely a friend I want o?"

"We are wed Yet it seems I am the only one who cares about that detail"

I almost pointed out that he hadn’t seemed to care about that detail when he’d torturedinto the clear liquid "I a to desire you like this" Appearing lost in thought, he absently said, "In ashocked by what he’d adht not fault you for your decision But it still gutteddied in me that day, I meant it" He started toward the study door

I blocked his path

"Move out of the way Da me"

"You do still love htly"

"You think I did?"

"Perhaps once you told ood-bye directly after"

I winced "What do you want from me?"

"What I can never have: for you to have chosennot to touch me "When you rode away, you looked back atto turn around"

"So did I"

His lips parted "It was that close?"

"When I faced Vincent, he searched my heart and saas divided He said that I loved two men equally"