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It was iht but eventually Eliza are that the noise of the busy town had quietened down until all she could hear was the pounding of the horse’s hooves and the soft snorts of his breathing as they charged through the night

Despite her earlier attack, Eliza was grateful for Edward’s steady presence beside her and took advantage of their position to seek the cohtly around him, and her head buried in the holloeen his neck and shoulder she was very grateful he had chosen to follow her She realised then just how foolhardy her escape had been, and how dire her situation could have become had he not chosen to follow and rescue her

“You can come up now” Edhispered softly directly into her ear He should be blazingly angry with her for attacking hiled with concern for her safety as the sharpcrowd rose to the forefront of hisit impossible for anyone to reach him easily, or stop hiot out alive

Leaning forward to give his ratitude, Edward slowed hi forward to ease Eliza out of his neck Not that hethe security of his arainst hi an adverse affect on his libido He needed all of his concentration to make sure their pursuers didn’t catch up with them

He cast a quick assessing look over his shoulder andtheht, over unfaed persistence of the ly likely

Glancing down at the woman in his arms, he wondered just how much trouble she was in

“If you are Je within him paused in anticipation of her answer He knew that his brother-in-law’s feelings for theacquaintance Knowing she was Je hi bundle of femininity who now sat so comfortably in his arms

“I pro the truth I’aze as she stared openly back at him confirmed that she was indeed who she claimed to be He wasn’t sure he was relieved or not

Silence settled around theh thetheir location and was busy calculating how long it would take to the safety of Havistock when he felt the shiver Eliza couldn’t contain

“Cold?”

Eliza nodded hesitantly Although she was pressed up against Edward’s warre warmth away until she racked with shivers “I’ll be fine”

“You did leave the inn in rather a hurry” He pointed out ruefully, touching the tender spot on the back of his head, a painful re’s activities

Eliza winced and looked abashed “I really am sorry”

“M and had planned the entire thing Although he was annoyed he now had a growing lulad she had not succureed to whore herself, even for him

A quick, reassuring glance over his shoulder had hireatcoat fro the voluminous warmth around her shoulders