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the bedroom, but left the door open a few inches in case she needed him. She smiled, feeling warm and well loved. She had forgotten how attentive and caring he had always been.
    She heard him talking to Archibald. Actually, he only had time to greet the butler, before the loyal servant snapped at Alex, ripping her mate to shreds.
    “How dare you bring some hussy here, in our Lady’s room?” Archibald demanded. His heated words heavy with pain, not letting Alex get in a comment. “You’re even letting her use Lady Elizabeth’s bath oils.”
    The lanky fairy, a normally cheerful house brownie, suddenly grew hostile. “How dare you cheat on her! I’ve been with you for fifteen hundred years and I have never, not once, disrespected you, but if you let that hussy sleep in Lady Elizabeth’s bed I’ll quit!”
    Alex’s mood shifted from shocked to respect.
    “I missed you too, Archy,” Lizzie called softly, knowing the big, brown-eyed man would hear her.
    “My Lady!”
    She heard his footsteps jerk to halt.
    Alex’s laughter echoed in her head as he sent her a mental image. Archibald’s eyes bugged-out as he jerked to a halt two-steps short of barging into the bathroom.
    “She’s safe, but I don’t want anyone to know she is here. It seems there are several guardians who aren’t to be trusted.”
    Archibald readily agreed with Alex, mentioning a couple of staff he would send home.
    Alex told him to have guards escort them off the property.
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    The next afternoon, she woke to the smell of fresh yeast bread, bacon and a dozen other mouth-watering aromas. Alex’s loved filled her to the very brim and overflowed. Her eyes snapped open.
    He sat on the edge of the bed with a pair of plaid sleep pants on. He smiled the sweetest smile she had ever seen. She was certainly a bit biased, but she thought he was the most handsome man in all of Sídhí. She paused, trying to separate her emotion from fact. She didn’t think his love swayed her opinion, even though the intense emotion cascaded through her in a constant flow. She had seen the way other women watched him.
    They ate breakfast slowly, asking each other a thousand questions. After she cleaned up, they both dressed in sweats. His were the darkest blue with black trim. Hers were pink with dark gray trim, and so soft; she couldn’t quit stroking the material.
    He carried her down a short hall, toward the family section of the castle.
    “You’re about to burst with excitement.” Lizzie touched his cheek, unable to stop herself. She was half-afraid she’d wake-up and still be chained in the bowels of TèVarrn.
    “I have a surprise for you. Actually several, but I think the first one will top everything else.”
    Since he had his hands quite full, she opened a set of double doors. The doors swung open, and she smiled. Pleased that she remembered where he was taking her.
    It was a large informal den. Blocky, leather sofas and chairs created several sitting areas. Several more over stuffed sofas curled around the far wall, immediately in front of a huge screen.
    Several things had changed during her imprisonment. The most noticeable was the massive flat screen TV attached to the wall. It appeared technology had made several jumps since she’d been in captivity. She couldn’t wait to see what else had changed in the world.
    “I take it the TV is my surprise?”
    He chuckled, and warmth spread through her. “Not even close.”
    She glanced up in time to see his face-splitting grin.
    Movement caught her attention. She unwillingly turned her attention away from Alex.
    Next to the sofa, in front of the large TV, a muscle-bound young man stood up. He looked at Lizzie for a few seconds before a huge smile spread across his face. An instant later, a beautiful young woman stood up. Her face swiveled from the young man toward Lizzie.
    For a single heartbeat, they simply stood staring at each other.
    Recognition hit like lightning. Lizzie gasped and flung-out