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“Two actually”

“How you love to have the last word”

“No more than you do”

“There you go again”

S him her heart not ords but actions He had to kno she felt about hi here, not being his “Maybe just a little of what you say is true,” she whispered against his mouth

He laughed softly, the sound of deep rumble in his chest “So you’ve finally come to your senses”

Tally loved the feel of his chest against her own and the way her legs tangled with his If this is life this is all she wanted To be loved and held Kept Savored Treasured “I think you’ve taken my senses, that’s what I think”

Laughter ruht Tair should laughher head, she found his hand and kissed his palaze lifted, her eyes htly “Please”

Tally spent the night in his bed, sleeping close to his side, his arainst him He ar body so close to hers but it was a wonderful strangeness, the kind of strangeness that brought comfort Peace

Peace

And holding that warmth and peace in her heart she finally closed her eyes and fell asleep Life was good and life could only get better

Tally’s feeling of goodwill did not last long When she woke she discovered that Tair was gone, and not just out of the bed gone, but gone gone He and a number of his men had left for El Saroush and wouldn’t be back for days Maybe a weekA week!