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| "And that man is me," Ashton whispered to himself, walking amid the stuttering whirr of cicadas, their throbbing croak seeming to be coming from all around him. |

| The world brimming with moonlight, every tree splashed with silver, he was able to keep his eyes on Sasha, but he stopped and stepped quickly behind a tree when she turned and looked over her shoulder in his direction. |

| Then, as she moved onward, he followed her. He stepped behind a tree again when she stopped beside the river, wattle trees bowing under the weight of their golden blooms, bending above the river like lovers. |

| Peering around the tree, Ashton watched as Sasha fell to her knees and scooped water from the river, splashing her face with it, then wove her fingers through her lustrous hair. Ashton's heart went wild as she turned her face up to the moonlight and its glow illuminated her exquisite loveliness. It was a picture that he could not expect to see more than once in a lifetimethe most beautiful woman in the world sitting amidst the tangles of exotic willows and tea trees shimmering like thousands of moonbeams in the pale night air. |

| A scampering behind him drew Ashton quickly around. When Lightning bounded into view, his eyes widened. He glanced at Sasha, then at the pup. Knowing the dog's friskiness, there was no way that Sasha could help but discover that he was near. |

| The dingo's playful yelps silenced all the activity in the trees. Ashton swept his pup up into his arms and stepped out into view as Sasha rose quickly to her feet and turned to discover him there. |

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