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Now that he was confident I was fully recovered from my woes and ills, Winter’s blue eyes crinkled with amusement Hmm I’d show him

Blinking rapidly, I let htly and treive it a good shot I dropped ht weeping Winter iNot only was his dry body heat a bonus, so was the fact that he held me close Only when I was sure that I’d pressed th did I ue ‘That will teach you to laugh at me, sirrah!’

Winter was perplexed – until I pointed out the es on his body fro to look like the creature frooon, so was he

‘Why you little…’

I raised my eyebrows ‘Little what?’

He shook his head ‘It’s probably safer not to say’

‘You betcha it probably is’

Winter sighed, bending over as if to brush the worst of the mud off his clothes A heartbeat later, there was a loud splat as he threw a handful ofon my cheek

I gasped in mock horror ‘You…’

‘You what?’

My jaorked uselessly I blew out air through lared ‘It’s probably safer not to say’ I paused ‘You black-hearted guttersnipe’

Winter tilted his head to one side ‘Guttersnipe? If I’e-headed fribble’

‘I’ve never heard of a fribble before,’ I co of gorgeousness’

‘That would be a correct assuadabout’

Darn it, he wasto have to up ame ‘Why you … you … blue-eyed…’ I threw up my hands ‘You win’

Winter sly ‘I alin’

‘Oh yeah?’

‘Yeah’ His sirl, didn’t I?’

I was standing in the middle of nowhere, with civilisation miles away I was cold I et I was pretty certain that the dribble running downAnd I couldn’t have been happier The men in white coats would be after me any second now I actually looked around just in case they were already on their way

The horizon ht have been clear of people but it certainly wasn’t clear of rain, which took that reater intensity Winter frowned and raised his hands to re-do the uht him I shook my head ‘With any luck, it’ll wash off the worst of the hed ‘But if you could perhaps retrieve my shoe?’