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But now disbelief wasn’t laced with denial, but with heat The ravenous panther that had burst into being since he’d been foolish enough to touch her again was clawing at his back, trying to push past him and devour her whole

‘Say so’ Her voice was still shaky so he tried to steady hi to see her expression in the gloom of the tent

‘I’m a rather dull fellow, as you pointed out, Lady Carruthers If this is a jest, you will need to explain it to me’

‘This is no jest I aht as well try to talk to a lump of clay as evoke a hue of tears and Edge moved between her and the entrance

‘Wait’

‘I don’t wish to speak to you any rabbed his shirt and tried to haul him aside

‘Well, too bad’ He caught her hands, but did not try to detach them from his shirt, just wrapped his own around the’

‘I can say what I wish I’ I say I had an idea and you said it was a bad one No surprise there After all, I’m only Sam the impulsive madcap’

‘Sam, stop’

‘Let ave a little tug to her hands, but not enough to pull theainst his chest and he could feel the beat of his own pulse haainst theh his veins, spreading heat

‘You never say anything you don’t mean, Sam That is part of your problem’

She closed her eyes and breathed in and he saw again the shift between Sae mix of measured Sam and a Sam he wasn’t familiar with