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As it happened, Bard’s pool could have easily accoinally been meant to house Twin Kindred and their h for three So his bathing pool was nearly nine feet across and got quite deep in the middle

It was filled with stea water and he often liked to take a soak after a stressful day In fact, he was thinking that he ht do just that—after he had relocated Makenna, that hen she pointed at it and looked at hiht in her lovely dark eyes

“What…is?” she asked hesitantly

“Water,” Bard said auto motions with his hands and pointed at the pool

“Swim?” Makenna frowned and imitated his motions

“Yes” He nodded and wished again she would have taken the whole damn pill “Swim” He raised his eyebrows at her “Can you swim? Can Makenna swim?”

But Makenna seemed to take this as an invitation rather than a question Quickly, she shrugged out of her torn gown, leaving herself completely bare

“Makenna swim!” she said excitedly, and jumped into the pool

“Shit!” Bard exclaimed Could she swi to be in over her head He was already toeing off his boots and shrugging out of his shirt

A moment later, her sht back under again

Shit! Bard didn’t hesitate any longer He jue amount of water out onto the floor and reached for Makenna

He got to her and scooped her, spluttering, out of the water to cradle her in his arms

“Deep!” she exclai wet strands of hair out of her eyes “Deep swim!”

“Well, so like that,” Bard muttered

It wasn’t lost on hiainst hi on the surface of the water Also, he was half naked himself Well, at least he still had his trousers on, he told himself

“Are you all right?” he asked, raising his eyebrows to indicate concern “Makenna good?”

She nodded