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    “John?” Mumbling, she stretched and sighed.
    “Shh, go back to sleep.”
    “Is it morning already?” She rubbed her eyes with her knuckles. “You usually have training at dawn.”
    “The sun has barely risen, and my men can wait a little longer.”
    “You never miss training.” She wriggled higher, her long white-blond hair sliding over his chest, a silky touch that made him ache for more. “You shouldn’t be staying for me.”
    “I’m in your bed and I dinnae care to leave it, no’ yet.”
    A rap sounded. “My lady, ’tis Will. I search for John.”
    “He’s here,” she answered.
    “Aye, Will, I’ll be down shortly.” He growled under his breath, detesting that he had to leave her so soon.
    “Aye, Captain.” Will’s footsteps faded away.
    “See, your men miss you when you’re not where you should be.”
    “As I miss you when you’re no’ with me.” He rolled Katherine onto her back, leaned over her and kissed the tip of her nose. “Since you spoke of your abduction last eve, it would pay for me to ensure an additional search of the woods is carried out this morn. I’ll never allow a MacLean warrior to steal you away.”
    “I know you won’t.” She twined her arms around his neck, her fingers sliding deep into his hair.
    Sharing her bed, having her open up about her nightmares, had changed something between them. She now touched him with more ease, and he adored it. “I willnae abide any possible threat to you or my clan. I need the description of the warrior from your dreams.”
    “They all feel so real.”
    “You accurately portrayed my cavern’s entrance, a fact I cannae dismiss, and since you did so, you should also be able to do the same with the warrior and the location where he took you.” Ever so gently, he trailed one finger across her high cheeks sprinkled with freckles and down along her lush lower lip. He longed to kiss her as deeply as he had last night, to feel the silky softness of her tongue licking across his, to take what she’d so willingly offered and allow that passion to consume them both. If only she weren’t so damn adamant about not changing his future.
    “You appear distracted, John.” Those luscious lips lifted.
    “Aye.” He gave his head a shake to clear his thoughts. “A description if you please.”
    “He had brown hair, a scraggly beard, and green eyes.” She wriggled free of him, crawled out of the covers and hopped off the end of the bed. “He also wore a grass and blood-stained tunic as if he’d been living on the run, but his weapons were in pristine condition, a sword and sheathed wrist and ankle daggers. My dream never showed where or how we met, just him dragging me toward an isolated cove. I recall looking from the skiff he’d tossed me in and seeing Dunyvaig on the cliffs, so the bay must be around two miles north of here. I can show you the location if you’d like. If I see it, I’ll know it.”
    “Nay, you’re to remain here where ’tis safe.” He shoved the bedcovers aside, strode to the trunk under the window where he’d stored spare clothes and jerked on a white tunic. “That means you’re to have a guard at your side at all times, and you’re no’ to wander from the tower watchman’s sight until I’ve confirmed whether or no’ a MacLean trespasses on our land.” An increase in her protection was essential.
    “I’m not used to being told where I can or cannot go. Women don’t live under such restrictions in the future.” She raised an eyebrow as if in challenge, a dare he was more than prepared to accept.
    “You’ll follow my orders or suffer the consequences.” He nabbed his plaid, wrapped it around him then secured it with a silver pin across his chest.
    “And those consequences would be…”
    He slid his hand around her nape, backed her against the wall and pressed his entire length against hers. Damn it. He couldn’t help but touch her. “The MacLeans are our greatest threat. Lachlan MacLean