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| wasn't ever that far from you? I wouldn't have ever let that man harm you." |

| Sasha blushed. "Do you mean you saw him try to?" |

| "Aye, I saw." |

| "And you did not intercede?" |

| Ashton chuckled again. "You seemed to be doing quite well on your own," he said, his eyes dancing. |

| "As I could even today," Sasha said stubbornly. She pleaded up at him with her eyes. "Ashton, I have heard your warnings and understand exactly how careful I must be, and I shall be when I go and check on Bianca today. I shall be all right. I shall." |

| Ashton inhaled a shaky, irritated breath. He clasped hard onto her shoulders. "Haven't you heard anything I've said?" he demanded. "Sasha, this is not the time to be so stubborn. This time I find it less than amusing." |

| "But, Ashton, I wouldn't be gone long," Sasha pleaded. "I shall be traveling just across the river. Once I see that Bianca is all right then I shall return home." |

| The cabin lit up with a vivid sheen of light as lightning flashed incessantly outside. The floor shook beneath Sasha's feet, and her fear of the approaching storm was stronger than her fear of Stanford Sidwell. She would take her rifle. She would shoot him if he even threatened to come near her this time. |

| Crispin appeared suddenly at the door, his eyes wild. "Ashton, come quick!" he said breathlessly. "It's going to take all of us to keep the sheep and cattle from scattering. That damn lightning is spookin' them something fierce! They might even |

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