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Reeve stood a moment, as if getting his bearings, and then turned, tugging her behind him. He stopped here and there along the way and gave a quick look around before proceeding with what appeared confidence. In one sense, he appeared to know where he was going, and in another, he wasn’t quite sure.
Then suddenly he said, “There it is.”
Tara looked though didn’t see anything until they got closer, and then she saw it, an opening to a cave. A bit excited about their mysterious destination, she followed along eagerly. At first, upon entering, it seemed like any cave until they proceeded deeper inside, the yawning-wide cave producing enough light to follow the twist and turn that lay ahead. Then a turn that led into a narrow passageway lit with dusklike light, followed by another turn that had her stopping suddenly and staring in shock.
It opened on a cavern, light from beneath the water illuminating the place and steam rising from the water.
Tara clapped her hands, and her face lit with pure joy. She grabbed Reeve’s face, and said, “You wonderful, wonderful man. I adore you.” She kissed him quick and then almost ripped off her clothes, so eager was she to soak in the water.
“Be careful,” he cautioned. “Bliss warned that the water can get hot.”
Tara tested it with her foot and sighed with pleasure. “It’s perfect.” Anxious to be fully submerged, she hurried in, the water greedily devouring her up past her breasts.
Reeve was beside her in no time, groaning with pleasure as he dunked himself to his neck. “This is—”
“Heaven,” Tara finished. “Bliss told you of this place?”
He nodded. “I had forgotten about it until you told me you wanted a soak. Bliss had told me you might want to bathe and that there was a perfect place for it near her home.”
“Bless her,” Tara said, and dove beneath the water. She came up with a cheerful jump, her hair soaked through.
“Soap,” Reeve said.
Tara laughed. “I wish.”
Reeve wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close. “I can make wishes come true.”
Tara chuckled. “Bliss told you where she keeps the soap.”
“I prefer to think of it as me making your wishes come true.”
Her smile faded, and she touched his cheek ever so gently, almost as if she wasn’t sure he was real. “You’ve made so many of my wishes and dreams come true.”
“And I’ll make many more come true.”
Her smile returned. “I’ll settle for the soap wish right now.”
He laughed, let her go, and left the water to retrieve the soap from behind a small outcropping of rocks, tossing it to her before he joined her once again.
Tara caught it and proceeded to scrub her hair with sheer delight. When she had lathered it good, she passed the soap to Reeve.
“I can help scrub you if you’d like?”
She chuckled again. “I’d never get washed.”
“You know me well.”
As Tara scrubbed, she realized that she had gotten to know Reeve well, except for his involvement with the true king. She knew only bits and pieces of that part of him. And she wondered why. Why hadn’t he discussed it with her?
And so she asked, “Tell me of your missions for the true king.”
He stopped scrubbing. “I cannot. And before you think it is because I don’t trust you, it isn’t. My missions must remain secret for the good of the king and for your own protection. You must trust me on this.”
“I do,” she said without hesitation.
“You believe me so easily?”
“You are an honorable man. I see no reason to believe otherwise.”
