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“What have you got against redheads?” Amelia asked him.

“Redheads are nothing but trouble.” Braeden cocked his head at the grappling hook in her hands.

She curled her lip. “By the way, you’re welcome.”

“For what?”

“For saving your life.”

His mouth dropped open. “You didn’t…”

She pointed at the doughnut lying against the baseboard that he had been choking on minutes before.

He tightened his lips. “Thanks for saving my life, Ms. Duer.”

“Don’t mention it.”

A bleak expression suddenly appearing in her eyes, she rubbed her temples as if she had a headache. “Dinner’s at six. I’ll see you then?”

“Eighteen-hundred. I’ll be there.”

“Don’t expect haute cuisine.” She cut her eyes at him, a challenge animating her face once more. “The redheaded Duers are plain and simple folks.”

As she exited the cabin, he watched her disappear through the cover of trees. So that was Amelia Duer.

Tough as a sea barnacle. She’d have made a great Guardsman. He admired her strength, her ability to take care of anything life threw her way.

But who took care of her?