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He walked out onto the back deck. She peered out the window to see him putting on his boots. Then he headed back behind the trees.
Shoot. She couldn’t hear a thing.
Moving out onto the back deck, she shivered slightly in the cool morning air. Funny how she hadn’t even noticed how cold it was earlier when she’d been dressed in nothing but a lace nightie.
There was silence. Maybe the she-demons would be all right with him? Perhaps they liked men. It could be her. Was she the problem?
And then the squawking started.
And the swearing.
Oh Lord.
Those were some good swear words. She’d have to remember them.
She felt like she’d just sent Remy off to get slaughtered. Well, she had warned him.
She half-expected him to come racing back around the trees and yell at her. Not that she’d blame him.
But the squawking continued and then silence.
Oh God! Had they killed him? What was she going to do?
Then he reappeared. He looked . . . all right. Well, his hair was ruffled and that might be a scratch on his hand.
But otherwise, he was unharmed.
And miracle of miracles! There were eggs in his basket.
“You got the eggs!” She jumped up and down, clapping her hands.
“Of course I did.”
He spoke like he’d never had any doubts. He’d probably never had a moment of doubt in his life.
Remy frowned as he stared at her. What was it? Did she have her clothes on backward? Stuff on her face? But no . . . his gaze was on her feet.
“Where the hell are your shoes?” he snapped.
“What?”
“Shoes, Princess. As in, you’re not wearing any.”
“So?” She glanced down at her feet. Now that he’d mentioned it, they were feeling a bit cold.
He grumbled something quietly and then climbed onto the deck to hand her the basket of eggs.
There were heaps in there. Yay!
“Hold the basket,” he said.
She was, wasn’t she?
Then suddenly, he lifted her, holding her on his hip as he carried her inside.
“What . . . what are you doing?” she asked as he closed the door.
“You shouldn’t be walking outside in bare feet. Again. Did you hurt them earlier?” he demanded. “I should have checked, but I got distracted.”
