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| Sasha. We've lots of planning ahead of us." |

| "I am sure that we do have," she snapped. She cast him an angry look. "It seems that Rufus and Crispin have deserted us. Some friends they turned out to be, Ashton." |

| Lightning suddenly seemed to go crazed. Yelping, the pup ran ahead of Sasha and Ashton toward the gate that led through the fence and crawled beneath it. Then Sasha and Ashton saw the cause. A sheep dog, a kelpie, bounded into view from the throng of sheep and was racing toward Lightning. |

| "Damn it," Ashton said, swinging himself from his saddle. He ran to the gate and opened it. But before he could reach Lightning to stop her confrontation with the kelpie, the two dogs had met nose to nose and were quickly getting acquainted without a fight. |

| Sasha dismounted and ran to Ashton and stood by his side, breathless. "I don't think they are going to fight, do you?" she whispered. "Perhaps they can become friends." |

| "It seems that the only fight here is between you and me," Ashton said beneath his breath. |

| Sasha looked up at him. "Did you say something?" she asked, forking an eyebrow. |

| Ashton laughed nervously. "Not really," he said, his gaze drawn to an approaching horseman, recognizing him. It was Crispin. He knew that Rufus would be tending to the sheep. |

| His heart swelled with pride that his two friends had done him proudthe fence, the sheep, the loyal kelpie. He only hoped that the house was presentable enough to put his future bride in. |

| Sasha saw the approaching horseman. She |

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