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Her concern, so obviously genuine, slammed into Ash, hard He had never told anyone any of that, preferring to compartmentalise his emotions so that he could do the job he needed to do when he was on the front line But here, in Razorwire, everything seehtly softer focus to it, from the camp to the people And especially Major Felicity Delaunay

She see away at the ar into place

She threatened the separation of his torlds, all endless legs and lithe body as she danced in and out of his thoughts on a daily basis, especially when he was stuck behind that desk trying to get to grips with his new job

He had never, in fifteen years, lost control as he had that day in the supply roo a couple of feet away And if he didn’t want to lose control again, then Ash knew there was only one thing he had to do

Stay well away from Major Felicity Delaunay

CHAPTER FIVE

FLISS SHIFTED ON the cot-bed—which was currently doubling up as a rickety sunbed—in the quiet nook she and Elle had discovered shortly after arriving at Razorwire Tucked away between the acco containers and the wall of a compound, it was one of the feonderfully secluded areas on Camp At least, one that wasn’t on a rooftop

Usually she revelled in the searing kiss of the sun on her skin, coursing through her body to heat her very bones Today it just made her feel restless It wasn’t the sun’s kiss she wanted on her Despite the heat, goosebu at the memory

Why couldn’t she get Ash out of her head?

It didn’t seem to matter how many times she reuy she needed, nothing seeain

More importantly, it didn’t matter how many times she reminded herself that she wasn’t what Ash wanted, that he had rejected her, it didn’t die caused a perpetual e in her mind Because, of all people, she kne utterly painful it was to be rejected over and over again Even now she kept hoping each sporadic visit from her mother would be different And each time it wasn’t she suffered a fresh rejection, and the black void in Fliss’s heart grew that little bit deeper

So as she still even entertaining thoughts about Ash after he’d pushed her away so categorically in the supply rooo?

She shifted on the sunbed, finding it iet comfortable She already knew the answer to her own question; she just didn’t want to acknowledge it Doing so would only raise twice as ain But she couldn’t shut her mind off

The truth was that she didn’t feel rejected If anything, it had feltto protect himself when she’d asked about the burn scars Hadn’t he come up on that roof to seek her out? Hadn’t he told her about the scars? Hadn’t he opened up to her?

The fact that he hadn’t tried anything on was a good thing It et her into bed