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had won. I fell asleep
feeling safe in his arms.
     
     
     
     

Chapter 2
     
    “No,” a beautiful voice whispered.
There was a pause. “Yes, I was going to tell her.” Another pause.
“I already explained to you. I didn’t get the chance.”
    I lay with my eyes closed, listening to
my dream.
    “It was amazing. She was so mad. Her
eyes flashed this brilliant green and the next thing I knew, the
tree was on fire!” The voice laughed quietly. “She can be stubborn,
I think. Was she over there?” He chuckled at the answer.
    “Yes, I realize that might have been
me.” The arms around me shifted a little. “Well you’re the one who
insisted on keeping her in the dark.”
    I was so comfortable I didn’t want to
move. My face was pressed against his chest and I thought there was
only one man alive who could smell this good after sweating and
bleeding. Very....manly, I thought to myself. My head wasn’t the
only part of me to think so.
    “Give her a break. She had a rough day
yesterday. Let her sleep. We have another ten or so days to go yet.
She needs her rest.”
    A soft growl made its way up his
throat. “What do you think I am! She woke up in the night shivering
and crying. I’m assuming she had a nightmare. She asked me to hold
her so she could go back to sleep.”
    I heard a snort.
    “Well no. I’m not saying I’m not
enjoying this immensely. She feels heavenly in my arms. Fits
perfectly. And if we are fated, the least you can let me do is hold
her.”
    I couldn’t help myself. He sounded so
happy at having me in his arms. I giggled.
    “Good morning. I thought you were still
sleeping.”
    I glanced up at his face and smiled. He
was so red. I snuggled my face back into his chest.
    “Good morning,” I murmured.
    He wrapped his arms around me tightly
and put his lips on my hair.
    I didn’t want this moment to end.
That’s when I had a thought that made me laugh. “Man, Shaynna is
going to say ‘I told you so’!”
    “What about?”
    I sighed. “You.” I heard a foot
stomp.
    “No. I told you. It didn’t happen. I
didn’t kiss her. It is taking every ounce of strength I have not to
do just that right now. But I won’t jeopardize everything.” He
sounded so sad. He did let himself kiss my forehead and then
proceeded to untangle himself from me and the blankets. I looked up
at him as he stood.
    Was it really possible to look that
good after sleeping outside all night? He could have been modeling
camping gear as he made sure the fire was out, his dark curls
disheveled, yet perfect.
    That’s when I wondered... what did I
look like right now? Not like a model, that was for sure! I ran my
fingers through my hair. Thank goodness for elastics. I pulled my
spare one off my wrist and tied my hair into a ponytail.
    I got up and gave Dodge a hug.
“Morning, buddy.” I jumped back quickly. “Oh! Sorry. I forgot
you’re not a horse. Well, you are. But you’re not.”
    Jasper laughed. “Don’t be sorry. He
doesn’t mind that at all.”
    “Oh. Good.” I rubbed his
ear.
    Jasper brought my saddle over and put
it on Dodge. “He is wondering if you would mind going without a
bridle.” He held it out to me, giving me the option to put it on or
not.
    “Of course not! I wish I had known you
understood like this before. I feel horrible!” I stuffed the bridle
into my saddle bags.
    Dodge shook his mane and nudged me with
his nose.
    “He said not to worry about
it.”
    I swung up into the saddle and Jasper
put a hand on my knee. “Ready?” he asked.
    I looked down into his eyes, looking
for the courage I needed to say yes. He smiled when I finally
nodded.
    This is turning out to be one hell of a
dream, I thought. Might as well see where it goes.
    We traveled at a walk, stopping only
once to have some lunch.
    I felt like a teenager with her first
high school crush. My eyes were forever stealing glances at Jasper
as we walked and I would blush when he caught me looking. My heart
would jump in my chest