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She grinned at his she experienced, they were er than both of theer

He took the a at it with a perplexed expression on his face “Carl should be along tomorrow,” he said

“I wonder where we’ll leap next”

Reece removed the amulet from around his neck and put it in Lara’s hand

“You wear this in case we aren’t together when he arrives It’s et away”

Panic filled Lara’s chest“What do you ether? I can’t leave without you”

“I’ll teach you the hieroglyphics on the pendant, so you can recite them,” he said

She pushed the ao without you You keep it”

“Lara, this is for your own safety You can’t worry about me I want you to have the amulet Now, repeat the chant after me until you know it by heart”

“I won’t”

Lara scurried to her feet and moved away from him so he couldn’t force her to take the amulet

“I’ll do everything I can to be with you when you leap, sweetheart, but my objective is to keep you safe Do you understand? Take the amulet” He climbed to his feet and moved to stand behind her He dropped his forehead to her shoulder, holding the amulet out in front of her “Please, Lara Wear it for me”

“Fine,” she said, taking it and putting it on over her head, “but I won’t learn the chant Then I know I can’t leave without you We’re in this together”

“That’s what I want too, but—”

“There is no but,” she said

She turned to face him She could see the worry in his intense hazel eyes

Reece stroked her hair from her face “If he catches you, he’ll take you back to make sure you are killed”

“Why does he care so much?”

“He’s afraid of what changing the past will do to the future”

Lara hesitated, wondering if she and Reece were s that were meant to be “He has a point”

“Not as far as I’m concerned You are the future My future Without you” His voice cracked “Please, baby, promise you’ll do whatever it takes to stay away from him I can’t I don’t ever want Lara, you were dead”

She wasn’t sure why tears were springing to her eyes, but she seriously needed to change the subject Thinking about her own death Knowing that if she went back to her own time, she had less than a year to live It was toowhat that year she wasentailed In that year, she’d apparently fallen in love with Reece and they’d gotten engaged Must have been one hell of good tie part “You said you’d tell e proposal sometime”

He grinned, blushing “We’ll save that for the day you admit you love me”

Her heart skipped a beat She could adht terrified her She rolled her eyes at him “Like that will ever happen”

“I think you’ll say it next time I make love to you”

It never took theet back to this topic “All we ever had in our relationship was sex Is that about right?”

“No, we had other things We share a love for history and adventure I give a great ether”

Well, that was true Just being next to him was fun

Currently, he was looking at her like a stud sniffing out a mare in heat, however “I’m sorry I seem to be fixated with sex I’ve had a very lonely, very horny eight months I’ve been faithful to you, Lara, even when I leaped into a e I left behind a few angry wives and es”

“You should have given in It wouldn’t have mattered to me one way or the other”

He scowled She’d hurt him She could tell by the look on his face

“It would have mattered to me,” he said “I don’t fall in love easily and I fall out of love, not at all”

Maybe he really did love her Why else would he risk so ular save the da with the fabric of time here