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“Oh ht the boat sank or you were hit by lightening or a…a shark tore off one of your legs I’one all day and I…”

She shuddered against hi up as a wall of eht have even wailed

“Hey, I’s, two arms”

She felt his warhtly so that she could see his face The rain still fell, but it was now a gentle caress that slid over his bare skin and then onto hers

His hair was slicked back off his forehead, and she noticed that he’d shaved thisHis eyes, oh they were as dark as the devil’s, and they watched her, never wavering

That well of emotion was still inside her, buried beneath flesh and bone, taking up residence where her heart was For a few crazy moments, she’d contemplated what a bleak empty world it would be if Jack Simon was lost to her

Even if he didn’t belong to her anymore, it mattered It mattered a hell of a lotable to covet hihost

His hand crept along her jaw, and Jack held her in his ariving her body an infusion of heat But still she tre her up

His thue of his tongue sliding over it flashed in her mind

“Where were you?” she whispered, desperately trying

to find a way to break the spell he had over her “Why would you just leave?”

“Hey, I’oodness and soh

“I planned on being back by dinner, but then the storm rolled in and I had to wait it out”

“But where were you? I woke up, and you were gone”

“I boated over to Caye Caulker Roger toldas Aris Caye but—“