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He nodded grimly

“Fergus,” he shouted “Deal with the fire”

Kirsty’s eyes were glued to the fla everything Her heart stopped dead for a second And then she turned her back on the shop She turned and she ran

She ran towards what really mattered

She ran to Lake

Rainne snuggled in closer to Alastair He pulled her tight to him as she draped her arm over his warm body

“It sounds like a street party,” he said sleepily “Maybe there’s fireworks I heard that there ht be some”

“There’s enough fireworks in here for ainst him

The vibrations fro her smile

“One year, the guy doing the fireworks bought soy Chinese ones The kind that blow off aral now, I think He sailed out in his wee boat into the loch with the intention of staging a display over the water The boat was too s When it went off, it sent hiht to the next one The whole load went up at the same time Blew his boat to smithereens He swam ashore He was practically blue from the cold and seriously cheesed off about his boat The town never left hiain”

Rainne s her face to kiss his chest Bliss Lying in the soft light, listening to Alastair It was perfect Slowly, she ran her hand down his stoht her wrist before her hand strayed too low Rainne gruhed

“I’m worn out, lass,” he told her “Give me a minute”

“How is that possible?” Rainne demanded as she propped herself up on an elbow to look into his beautiful brown eyes “You’re in your sexual prio non-stop for days”

“Sexual prime?” he said as his eyebrows arched sceptically

“Yes,” Rainne said prihteen So technically, you’re past it already” She smiled sweetly “Maybe that’s why you can’t keep up”