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.”“Right then, getting tired of the sport.I need to move on, anyway.” Jerry said.“Oh no, Jerry, I think not,” David said.“You aren’t done, till I say so.”The barmaid arrived with their pints, each took his tankard; Swit gave her rump a friendly pat and waited for her smile as she drifted off to another table.Swit turned on David irritated because no one told him what to do.“Oh no?” he challenged, and then spoke his mind, “Aye, do you think I am a fool.I knew we weren’t just running rum and brandy.I went along with it at first, but now that I’m sure it is what I thought it could be, I’m out.” Swit’s eyes narrowed.“I am many things, but with talk about that damned Napoleon besting our Wellington, well, I’ll not be a traitor.”“Quiet,” David said harshly.“What do you care for such things? The French are forever going to war with us, will continue to do so whether we win this battle or not.In the meantime, there is a profit to be made from it.”“Zounds, man! You don’t need me! Besides, this is different.We could hang for this, have you thought of that?” Swit charged.“Bellingham needs us.He steals the secrets from the Home Office for a price and we deliver them for a price.That is how it works.”“I’m out of this.I don’t hold with it, besides Sir Jacob is showing signs of tiring of me.I don’t think it will be long before he boots me out.”“He won’t do that, will he? You have something on him, don’t you?”“Go to bloody hell!” Swit snapped.He hated being cornered.“You will make the run the night after next, just as we planned.A great deal of money will exchange hands for what Bellingham will be giving us and we have to have our share.”Swit eyed Horwich consideringly.“And if I won’t do it?”“Don’t test me, Swit.I have no scruples whatsoever and if you must be eliminated, so be it.”Swit’s brow raised up.This scoundrel meant it.He would kill him if he pulled out now.“I tell you what then Horwich.I’ll make the run with Jacob’s yacht and the regular crew, but then, I’m out—gone.Agreed?”“We’ll see,” said Horwich downing his ale.“Now let’s order some dinner.”* * *Exerilla was all too aware of the silence as they rode their horses toward the forest and the narrow wooded trail that led to the cottage.She concentrated on the thickly screened sylvan setting and asked herself what she was doing.She was a wanton woman, or at least, that was how he would view her in this time zone, in his social culture.Breathless, she sighed over the problem.Should she demure? Should she backtrack? Every common sense she owned told her to run.She was heading for a fall that she would never recover from.Still her heart and body ganged up on her and onward she went.She made a feeble attempt and called out to him as he wielded the narrow trail just a short distance ahead.“Hunter!”He turned and saw her face as he raised his brow and rode his horse back to her.“What is it, love? Doona ye want to be with me?”“I…this is a mistake,” she said.It sounded like a lie even to herself.“No, we…och lass…we need time together.Doona ye think so, my own sweet heart.”She felt a schoolgirl blush heat up her cheeks as she lowered her gaze.It was just what she wanted.She wanted his arms around her and his lips on hers.She said, “I’m not sure.”“Then when we get to our cottage if ye want to leave, I will immediately escort ye home.”Magic words.“Our cottage?” she asked, eyeing him.He was purposely being sentimental to tempt her further.“Aye,” he said.“I have been fighting this.Och lass! I canna tell ye how much I have been fighting this…but no more.Aye then, our cottage.”They arrived.He held her close as he helped her to dismount and whispered, “I best be taking the horses to the back paddock.Go in, love and I’ll be with ye in but a moment.”Oh Holy Sweet Moly.How she loved his voice.She knew exactly what she was doing.She went into the cottage and found the lantern, lit it, and put it on the table.When she turned, he was walking straight for her.He was hard and fast and hungry.They came together like a gentle eruption on a sweet warm summer night; full with its scents and full with emotion.This time she was the one who initiated the kiss.She couldn’t wait to touch his mouth with hers as she parted his sensuous lips and teased his tongue with a dance she knew was all their own.His body shook with passion.His mouth devoured hers and she heard him groan with pleasure as their one kiss multiplied into many.She felt like a savage.She couldn’t wait to get her clothes off and her inner witch was itching to sparkle them off with magic.She managed to throw off her riding jacket and helped him to get his off as he undid the buttons of her blouse.“Ye take m’breath away, lass, do ye know that? Men say it all the time, but this, this is what it means.” His lips were on hers again.She didn’t know how the rest of her clothes came off, or how he had lowered her to his riding coat resting on the hearth rug, but that was where she found herself.She looked up into his blue eyes.He was tender and full of affection and gentleness as he nibbled at her ear and neck.He worked his way down to her breasts which he fondled with both hands, moaning before he suckled there.She arched her back as her arousal heightened and she softly said his name.He stopped suddenly and looked at her.“Exerilla, I love it when ye say m’name.Say it again, and again.”She did as he asked, and all the while his lips traveled over her belly.His hands found their way under her bare rump and he lifted her as his chin parted her hot thighs.He started there at her cleft and he sounded feral when he told her, “Wet and delicious, lass…”He worked her as she had never been worked before.His tongue, his teeth, his finger all found her pleasure point and brought her to a climax that threatened to free her witch.She was sure for a moment an explosion of white light had been emitted from her body.When she opened her eyes she found him straddling her, his huge hard shaft was dancing with eager readiness.All she could think was…now…more, right now.“Hungry little wench, m’darlin lass,” he murmured as he got into position with his rod and whispered her name.“Exerilla…ye were made for me
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