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enough shit going on
right now, and watching some guy who thinks I need protecting isn’t
on my list of favorite things to do today.”
    “ He cannot die.” She
nodded and looked at him. Riss felt her pain as if he was sharing
it with her. He supposed in a way he was. “Has he harmed you? In
any way, has he harmed you?”
    “ Agon?” Riss nodded. “No,
and I won’t let him either. I’ve been…let’s just say I’ve had
enough pain in my life and I’m fed up with it. I have to go to
work.”
    The abrupt change of subject startled
him, and before he could catch up with her, she was moving into the
building. Just as the door closed behind her, the one to the house
opened and Agon stepped out. He did not look any happier than the
girl had.
    “ She is in there?” Riss
nodded and watched as Agon paced in front of the door. Riss
wondered if he was aware that he was talking to himself when Agon
suddenly turned to him. “She is my wife. Not my wife as yet, but I
think Michael has set me up. And when I’ve tried to see him, he
tells me he is much too busy today.”
    “ And that would be bad for
her to be your wife, Agon?” Agon nodded, then shook his head. “I
see. You want her, but not enough to be…I think it is called
‘saddled’ with her. I can think of many things that one would
regret being saddled with, but a beautiful woman is not
it.”
    “ She is not going to be my
wife. In any way, Riss.” Riss nodded as Agon started pacing again.
“I want to touch her. Feel her body close to mine and kiss her. I
have a need to taste her mouth to see if it tastes as good as I
think it might. Then there is my body. I cannot control it around
her. I run so hot and hard that I feel as if the world knows that I
need her in ways that are not right.”
    “ She will taste better
than you can ever dream of, and her body will give you pleasure in
ways you cannot imagine.” Agon stared at him for several seconds.
“But you cannot touch her. She is your charge. If you do not wish
to have her as your wife, then you must not touch her in any way.
If you do…if you do, my friend, then there will be no turning back.
For the touch of the woman you are to spend your days with will
haunt you in ways that will make you want to end your life in order
to be with her. Trust me on this. I am well aware of how your body
will crave her, and you will stop at nothing to have her again and
again.”
    “ I do not want her.” Riss
nodded and could see that Agon was lying to him as much as he was
himself. “She is beautiful and stubborn, but I do not want her. But
I fear that it might be too late for me.”
    “ I understand.” And he
did. Riss had a feeling that they would be lucky if they made it to
days end before Agon kissed her. And less than a week before he was
bedding her. Riss wondered if there was a feather or two in the
front room of the house he could lay upon Judith’s bed. Leaving his
friend, he went to find one. It would be worth it to know that Agon
was as happy as he was.

Chapter 3
     
    Judith was very good at ignoring
things that she didn’t want to see, like the man that sat on her
counter as if he had nothing better to do with his time than to
watch her every move. But the other man, Agon, was driving her
crazy. He’d been in her room when she’d awoken and had followed her
around like a wounded puppy all morning. Then about an hour ago,
the other man had shown up, telling her he was her protector for
the rest of her days. He’d kept his distance, but she knew that
he’d be leaving her, too. She didn’t want anyone around her. The
fucking people were driving her insane. Why didn’t anyone listen to
what she wanted? Why did everyone think they knew her better than
she did herself? So she did what she did best, ignored them in
favor of working.
    The jams were setting up nicely. She
wanted them to be perfect, and adding just a touch of cherry juice
to the strawberries had given them a lovely color. Glancing at