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truly had no idea for which reason she cried-she had several. Faced with her tears, he could do nothing but take her in his arms until the sobs subsided.

Longing, deep and intense, washed through him like an ocean wave, threatening to pull him under. He could not succumb. Judith was far too upset, too vulnerable. Even knowing it, he wanted to kiss her tears away, take her to another place where no pain existed, only ecstasy. Duty battled with desire. His wish to comfort argued with his selfish need.

“I truly hate your chain mail,” she said. “You keep yourself encased in cold metal.

” “Right now you should be thankful for it. “Tis all that keeps you safe from me.”

“What if I do not wish to be safe from you…?”