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| And what a mind-shattering reminder! He was nude, a blanket draped over him not covering the part of him that in Sasha's dreams only a moment ago had catapulted her to overwhelming heights of ecstasy. |

| Her pulse raced as she stared at him a moment longer, then she tore herself from her reverie and realized what she must do. She could not sleep in the same room with himnot with him so close and so tempting. If she were ever to get over these feelings for him so that she could become a partner in the true sense of the word she must learn to separate her heart from her mind! |

| Moving from the bed, she began to creep across the room. She breathed shallowly, her eyes wide as she inched past Ashton and Lightning curled up at his side. The door was close, and she hurried her pacebut a scream froze in her throat when she felt a hand on one of her ankles. |

| "Where do you think you're going?" Ashton growled, keeping a firm hold on her. |

| She refused to look his way, knowing the dangers. "Outside," she said, her voice tremoring. "Ashton, Ijust couldn't sleep. Perhaps if I got a breath of fresh air" |

| "And it takes an armload of blankets to get a breath of air?" Ashton said, letting go of her ankle. He wrapped a blanket around his waist and rose from the floor. He went to Sasha and placed a hand on her shoulder, urging her around to face him. "You're going outside to sleep, aren't you? Why, Sasha? What about this cabin disturbs you so much that you can't bear to sleep in it?" |

| Sasha breathed a sigh of relief when she realized |

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