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“You think her exceptional,” Dariell said “That is the first time you have ever spoken so fondly of a woman”

Damn, she’d missed what Greystone had said to prompt such a response

Greystone pushed both hands through his hair and sighed “In erness, I pressed her too hard today”

No, he didn’t … he hadn’t She liked seeing a savage hunger flash in his eyes

Greystone said so else, but the daed breathing lass Lydia wiped away the rain and the evidence of her excite at the door

Lydia stood there in her nightdress, soaked and bedraggled Greystone stepped forward He looked so strong so powerful so utterly divine Oh, how she longed to be crushed in his embrace

Their eyes locked and she felt the sanetic pull

For some reason unbeknown she backed away, and then a sudden bout of nerves screamed for her to run

Chapter Fourteen

Miles stared at the apparition standing on the terrace What else could it be? He ht wearing nothing but a transparent gown, but he was a logical enough man to know that was merely a fantasy

And yet here she ater dripping fro to every soft curve, to every delicious inch of her body

“Your lady, she is the reason you took your supper at the stones?” Dariell said

“Indeed”

“Then she is a little late, no?”

“Four hours to be precise”