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“Uh oh,” Cassie sing-songed “Better remember what I told you earlier”
Elizabeth glanced over at him curiously
“Too big for my britches, huh?” he muttered for her alone “Elizabeth, darlin’, you have no idea” Then he said to Cassie, “I’ll reet the chance You got your coat on now? We’ll be there soon”
Scarlet heat fla her cheeks in aroused e just how big he could get Definitely too big for his britches She sed tightly then breathed in with slow even breaths to fight the sudden hard thump of her heart Da?
The rest of the drive was co arrival Death or safety With each move she had h she was beginning to trust Dash to a point, finding it in her to trust someone on his say-so alone was harder
The Huh Dash didn’t push for speed Still, all too soon they rounded the last small hill and the two-story ranch house came into view It ell lit The front door opened as the wide entrance to a garage slowly began to rise
A talla shoveled ay, ti the Huan to lower once again, enclosing thenition
“Momma” Cassie’s voice was faint “The fairy says it’s okay She really does” But Elizabeth heard her daughter’s fear as the strange side the vehicle
“Come here, baby” Elizabeth unbuckled her seat belt as Dash did, grabbed the service revolver in one hand and hter to her with the other
In an instant Cassie was over the console Her thin arainst it as she trembled
“Elizabeth?” Dash turned to her, watching Cassie in alarm
Elizabeth shook her head “She’s frightened” She ran her hand down Cassie’s back soothingly “Big men scare her, Dash Except you She thinks she knows you…” She let it trail off
She and Cassie didn’t know thepatiently on the other side of Dash’s door, his expression concerned as he waited on Dash to open the door
Dash breathed out deeply as she watched him somberly “She’s just a baby…” She tried to explain, afraid Dash would now expect ive Cassie had her moments of terror Her moments of happiness Elizabeth had learned to accept each as they came
“I know that, Elizabeth” His voice was soft, though his eyes flashed dark fire at her reprisal “I orried for Cassie Not Mike We can sit here as long as you need”