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“You have no idea,” she said with a wink.
We shared a laugh.
I heard the guards’ voices and we dropped to the ground. Sound carried well once you were out of the forest. I crept on my elbows to the edge and lay flat on my stomach to peer over the side.
Zes waved his arms and yelled at the other two guards. They were wet from head to foot. Zes stomped off in one direction and the other two guards headed in another.
“Looks like they’re going to take a while to find us,” I said.
I leaned back and bumped into something.
Her.
She lay beside me, her tight body was so close I could feel her warmth coming off her in waves. Her hair fell about her face and she defeated me with her smile.
“I think we did it,” she said.
“Yeah,” I said, my voice hoarse. “I think we did.”
She placed a hand on my arm and peered at me through her long eyelashes.
“Thank you,” she said.
“Thank me? For what? You were the one that got us away.”
“For trusting me,” she said. “I know it’s risky, you creeping away like that.”
“It’s nothing,” I said.
At that moment, if she wanted me to walk over hot coals for her, I would have.
Her eyes dropped to my lips and she nibbled on her own.
This was becoming unbearable.
Her lips were so close.
Within easy range.
All I had to do was lean forward and she would be mine…
“Beacon,” I said.
She frowned.
“Sorry?” she said.
The memory of my wife flashed before me again. I cleared my throat.
“This is a beacon,” I said.
I turned to the cube of piled wood behind us. I rolled up onto my feet and dusted off my hands and ass.
“My people light this in times of danger,” I said.
“Oh,” Sirena said.
I choked on her obvious disappointment. I choked on my own for that matter.
