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She took his words at face value, as he clearly wanted her to ‘So, when did you last have a holiday?’

‘A holiday?’ he questioned, as surprised by the choice of topic as by her sudden change of subject

She laughed, pleased to have perplexed hi that most people do when they’re tired and they want to relax’

He screwed up his eyes ‘I don’t remember,’ he said

‘No recent bucket and spade job in Spain?’ she teased

‘Bucket and spade job?’ He frowned

‘Have you never built sandcastles, Hashim?’ she questioned

He laughed ‘Sand is not a big deal in Qudamah—not with so much of it around We tend to escape from it rather than build our leisure time around it,’ he added drily

‘I’d never thought of that’ She snuggled up to him ‘So what kind of holidays did you have when you were a child?’

He frowned ‘You don’t really want to know’

Which meant he didn’t really want to tell her But a woman could not exist on sex alone, no matter what her status ‘Oh, yes, I do!’ she said firmly

And Hashi as he allowed hio a childhood could seely clear the ates on them ‘My male kin and I used to take our falcons up into the forests, where we trained them to kill’

‘Nice!’

Idly, he circled the pad of his finger around one of her nipples, feeling it instantly point and peak, and he felt the heavy stir of desire returning ‘There we learned to be men,’ he said dreamily

‘No women?’

‘Not one’