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He smiled All that was true However…

Whereas the other entlemen, had accepted the fact that they would marry and establish families in the time-honored tradition, he had vowed to be different He'd vowed never to marry, never to tempt the fate hich his brother and cousins had fenced and lost Marriage to fulfill society's obligations was all very well, but to marry a lady one loved had been the baneful fate of all male Cynsters to date

A baneful fate indeed for a warrior breed-to be forever at the mercy of a woman A woman who held one's heart, soul and future in her small, delicate hands

It was enough to est warrior blanch

He was having none of it

Casting a last glance around the neat yard, approving the swept cobbles, the fences in good repair, De string Afternoon stables had already coside his very capable trainer, Carruthers

Demon was on his way to his stud farm, located threecountryside bordering the Heath As he had every intention of avoiding e for the term of his natural life, and the current atht with the Season about to start, and his aunts, as well as his s, wives and the consequent babies, so he'd elected to lie low and see out the Season fro society of Newmarket

Fate would have no chance to sneak up on him here

Looking down to avoid the inevitable detritus left by his favored darlings, he strolled unhurriedly up the long central alley Boxes looht, all presently e, another pair of doors stood open to the Heath The day was fine, with a light breeze liftingwhat they did best Running

After spending the last hours with the sun war his shoulders, the stable's shadows felt cool A chill unexpectedly washed over the back of his shoulders, then coalesced into an icy tingle and slithered all the way down his spine

De the point where the alley widened into thearea, he stopped and looked up