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sucked in a breath when she spied the bright green grass between and around the stones. It made a perfect circle, leaving the middle and the outside piled with snow.
    “Magic,” Camdyn whispered from behind her, his voice deep and seductive. “Can you feel it?”
    Saffron wasn’t sure who he spoke to, but she nodded. “It’s so strong even I feel it. I’ve never felt anything like it.”
    “I have,” Galen said.
    Logan nodded. “At Loch Awe, and then again on the Isle of Eigg.”
    In a matter of seconds Fallon had everyone at the Ring of Brodgar. Saffron closed her eyes and lifted her face to the sun. The warmth of it seeped into her skin and made her smile.
    Camdyn’s presence behind her only made her more aware of her surroundings. And him. His cedar and power scent made her skin tingle, made her think of dark nights, tangled sheets, and cries of pleasure.
    She couldn’t keep her eyes closed for long though. She wanted to see everything. In all her travels over Scotland before Declan had found her, she had seen much, but she had never seen the Orkney Isles. And she had missed out on a treasure for sure.
    “It’s so beautiful here. So peaceful. Its almost as if you can feel the history and magic of this land standing beside you,” she whispered.
    Camdyn’s dark eyes came to rest on her as he came to stand next to her. “Aye.”
    He stood so close she could lean against him, but somehow she held back. She might turn her face away from him, but her body knew where he was at all times.
    They were clustered in a group watching as Reaghan paced back and forth. Galen was trying to talk to her, but she kept shaking her head.
    Saffron grew uncomfortable as she realized how exposed they were out in the open. She had grown used to the safety of the castle. Now, there were just the stones. There wasn’t a tree in sight to hide behind.
    “We’re safe,” Camdyn said, reading her mind.
    She snorted, not believing him. Saffron had learned her lesson with Declan. She wouldn’t be caught unawares again.
    By anyone.
    “You think I lie?” Camdyn asked with such confusion it almost made her smile.
    She shook her head instead. “I think you will say what you need to say in order to make me feel safe. You think because you’re a Warrior you can battle anything.”
    “Because I can. I’ve battled Deirdre many times.”
    “Maybe. But you haven’t battled Declan. He’s a modern man, Camdyn. He fights differently. He’ll come at you in ways you’d least expect.”
    “I’d like him to try.”
    “I’m sure he will.”
    Camdyn’s lips lifted in a cruel smile. “Then I’ll finish him.”

 
    CHAPTER
    FIVE
    Saffron didn’t get a chance to say more as Reaghan’s distress became more obvious.
    “What is it?” Fallon asked when Galen finally took Reaghan in his arms.
    Reaghan lifted her head and tucked a thick strand of auburn hair behind her ear as the wind picked up. “I can’t find the entrance. Too many stones have toppled.”
    “What are you looking for exactly?” Cara asked.
    Reaghan shrugged and stepped out of Galen’s arms. “I don’t know. I should recognize it, or at least that’s what my father told me.”
    “Let’s get closer to the stones,” Galen suggested. “Maybe there you will be able to sense something.”
    Saffron followed the path in the snow made from everyone’s footsteps. Behind her was Camdyn. Near her once more. As frightened as she was to be out in the open, he was right. She did feel safe with him close to her.
    She glanced over her shoulder to find his gaze on her. Goose bumps raced over her skin that had nothing to do with the cold. She huddled deeper into her coat and faced forward once more.
    But even that didn’t stop her from feeling his gaze.
    The closer they came to the massive stone ring the more the ancient magic washed over her. She inhaled deeply, feeling the magic fill her lungs and body. It was heady, unlike anything she had ever experienced.
    Would she have