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God, she was going to kill them both

“Don’t Sweetheart” He sed Still inside her, he willed himself not to move as he lowered his forehead to hers “If you do that, I won’t be able to stop”

“Don’t stop” She reached up to him, clasped his biceps “Please Oh please Gray Gray…”

She arched like a bow seeking an arrow and ih the room Then, at last, Gray threw back his head and let hie of the earth with the woman he loved in his arms

“Nooooo…”

“Dawn?” Gray shot up in bed as the screaht silence “Dawn?”

He threw out a hand, found her beside hi A drea, he switched on the la her fists against his chest and shoulders, fingernails raking his cheek as he clasped her shoulders

“It’s okay, sweetheart You’re drea Come on Wake up”

Her head snapped up She stared at hihtless; her lips drawn back from her teeth in a rictus of fear Acaught in the teeth of a steel trap He’d been a kid then, riding his father’s land, helpless in the face of the animal’s terror and pain

This, thank God, was different

“Dawn” He drew her against hiht, whispered to her, talked to her, told her that everything was all right, that she’d been drea, that he would keep her safe After what seemed endless minutes, he felt her muscles start to relax

“Gray?”

“Yes, baby I’ht here”

“I had a dream…”

“I know” Her hair was tangled and damp He stroked it back and kissed the tender flesh behind her ear “But it’s over You’re safe, sweetheart”