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| whatever mischief your mind might conjure up the rest of the day." |

| Sasha was kicking her legs and pummeling her fists against his back. "No, Ashton, I'll freeze to death," she pleaded. "Ashton, I did what I did just to make you laugh. What you plan to do to me will make me miserable!" |

| "It will, will it?" Ashton teased, boldly holding her up over the water that pooled shallowly around rocks. Fish darted around, silver against the morning light. Water spiders skipped across the surface, and a snake was curled up at the other bank, sunning itself. "I think I might be persuaded to change my mind." |

| "Anything," Sasha said, breathless as she watched the snake uncurl and slither away into high grass. |

| "Anything?" Ashton teased, lowering her to the ground so that she faced him. He framed her face with his hands, their eyes locked. |

| "Well, just about anything," Sasha murmured, not wanting to have to agree to return to The Homestead. "Like perhaps another one of those kisses I stole from you a moment ago?" Ashton said, drawing her lips to his mouth. |

| "Oh, Ashton," Sasha said, giggling. She locked her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately, straining her body into the curve of his, so loving him. |

| "All right, you two, let's cut that out," Crispin said, coming to bodily separate them. His eyes danced as he smiled from one to the other. "Let's leave the lovin' for tonight. I think we've got some quick breakfast to eat and some kangarooers to hunt down." |

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