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“Do you knohy I came here?”

She shook her head

“I did not co for answers to the h his veins at far too rapid a rate “I ca else is a mere pebble in an ocean when I consider how close I ca you”

Rose sucked in a breath as her hand came to rest at the base of her throat “But I lied to you, just like Cassandra”

“You’re nothing like Cassandra”

Lord Stanton exhaled deeply, and Christian resisted the urge to turn around and tell hier off But it was Rose who reacted

She glanced beyond the iron gate, and then at her brother “We’re going to read the inscription on the ive Stanton a chance to reply

The hinges creaked as Rose opened the gate and slipped inside Christian followed

“I expected it to be a memorial to the fallen heroes of the Warner family” Rose stepped closer and peered at the inscription “But unless they had ancestors nahly doubt it”

While curious about the aze away from her She wandered around to the back, to the part hidden from view

“Come and look at this They’re not names of people, but horses”

Christian followed her and was about to exas when Rose jumped into his ar of ue ski entrance He cupped her cheeks, and tilted his head to delve deeper, tried to sn herat his coat, pulling him closer The scent of roses filled his head while the sweet taste of her mouth seduced his senses God, her lips were hot, passionate, de When he kissed Rose, the rest of the world melted away

They broke on ragged breaths, touched foreheads and closed their eyes

“How long does it take to read a few lines?” Stanton said “A man was born and died, what more is there to see?”

“Leave theive them a minute”