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| tear the fence down!" |

| Ashton shook his head, feeling torn by two different sorts of duties. One to his womanand one to his sheep station! But he had no choice except to depend on Sasha's common sense. "All right, Crispin," he said, drawing Sasha closer to peer determinedly down at her. "I'll be there in a minute." |

| Crispin gave Ashton a mock salute and turned and ran back to his horse, mounting it in one leap. Ashton still gazed down at Sasha. "Now I can't tie you to the bedpost to make sure you stay here," he said. "So I've got to depend on you to think this through and do what you have to realize is logical. Do you want to take a chance of throwing all of this away because of Bianca? Would she do the same for you?" |

| More lurid flashes of lightning and the sound of men shouting in the distance tore Ashton away from Sasha. He gave her another long look, then rushed from the cabin. |

| Sasha wrung her hands as she went to the door and watched Ashton ride away. She continued to watch him until he was far into the distance, riding through the sea of sheep to join his men. |

| Then Sasha turned her eyes away, going over everything that Ashton had said to her. She now understood about his scar, and so much more, and she loved him no less for the truths he had spoken to her today. |

| But now, knowing so much more about Stanford Sidwell than before, Sasha could not help but be worried about Bianca more than ever. Bianca was living on a sheep station owned by a crazed, evil man! Surely she must be in danger! And though |

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