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‘You’re staring at me.’

She bit her bottom lip as she studied him with an innocence that nearly undid him. What the hell was the matter with him?

Maybe his strange feelings were the result of learning how another human being with nothing to gain sacrificed something for him….

Suddenly Bashshar whinnied, tossing his head, his ears back. Dalton leaped forward, grabbing the stallion’s bridle, holding the horse firmly. ‘Perhaps it’s best if you return to your cottage.’

‘Bashshar has a right to express himself when he wants,’ she whispered.

‘Bashshar is injured and not responsible for what he’s doing. Besides, he obeys only me.’

Alicia pulled the shawl tightly around herself and lifted her chin in that stubborn way Dalton was beginning to recognise. ‘Then give Bashshar the orders, not me. For I don’t obey you, your grace.’