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| whip from Michael and sent several lashes across the bulls' backs, then held the whip motionlessly in the air, surprised that the animals not only balked, but refused to move one inch ahead. |

| "Now what do we do?" Michael asked, idly scratching his brow. |

| "We'll lighten the load and then try again," Ashton said, throwing supplies from the dray. He looked over his shoulder at the men who were gaping disbelievingly at him. He grabbed a large tub and set it down beside him. "You don't get paid to watch. Get busy and start filling the tub with the supplies. I'll be damned if I'm going to let two young bulls get the best of me." |

| Sasha climbed from the dray. She looked down at Ashton, then at the tub, and then at the water. She was getting a bad feeling about what Ashton might have planned. As bullheaded as he was, it would be just like him! |

| Falling to her knees, Sasha grabbed Ashton by the arm. "Ashton, what are you planning to do?" she demanded. "Or need I ask?" |

| "I think you may have it figured out," Ashton said, smiling when he saw that the tub was filled. He rose to his feet, then bent over and grabbed the tub by its handles and began toting it toward the river. |

| Sasha stared blankly at him, but when he got to the river and placed the tub in the water, panic seized her. With Lightning yelping at her heels she ran to the riverbut she was too late. Ashton had already dived headfirst into the water. Sasha's eyes searched frantically for Ashton. When he bobbed to the surface and swam for the tub, soon overtaking it, she breathed more easily. But not for long. She |

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