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Tarrant’s black stallion pranced beneath hi his horse under him She could not help but ad and quiet of hand

The two horses touched noses, and the stallion seemed pleased to find Moose submissive so they fell easily into step beside each other, leaving Tarrant free once more to converse

He eyed her and said, “As to that, it was my intention, but my aunt wishes me to stay for dinner, and I have dutifully accepted She is the favorite of h of her” The stallion snorted for an unknown reason, and pranced a bit until he quieted hiain

Taffy laughed appreciatively as she indicated with a flick of her chin “He suits you—restless”

His eyes stared into hers, and once again he was thefor her, and she was oh, so willing She had to stop this She couldn’t think of him like this Maids were not supposed to…

Tarrant jarred these thoughts when he laughed and said, “Let’s call a truce, you and I, shall we?”

“A truce, my lord? Were we at war?”

He snetisular charet he was a scoundrel

He inclined his head “I don’t knohy it was, but I think lunch was a sparring contest”

She eyed hi with her Does he think I would be an easy conquest? Ha! “A truce, then I shall not throw my handkerchief … or cap, your way, and you won’t try to seduce litter in his eyes, and it was th for certain

He laughed again and answered easily, his eyes full with his a, he leaned over and lightly, easilytheue

She was startled by the unexpectedness of it She was shocked by her reaction both in her body andall her nerve endings into action She felt her heart begin to purr with anticipation She felt a spot between her thighs tickle her with heat and an itch to be touch…

His kiss was everything she had expected the rakehell Hotspur’s kiss to be and more, it hat she wanted it to be

She went to ith herself and somehow found the ability to pull away abruptly She put up her chin, “Aotiated a truce?”

His laughter resonated on the breeze, and she found herself s in spite of the frown she tried to maintain He said, “Must it be one or the other?”