Chapter 81

"You would miss me if I were reduced to a tiny pile of bones."

"Oh, I don’t know. I think you might look good naked... I mean bone naked. "

"Harsh, little one," he criticized. "Your attitudes leave a great bargain to be desired."

"As if yours are any better?"

"Obviously, we deserve one another." Her heart didn’t skip this time. It came to a complete, perfect halt. We deserve one another. The phrases were innocent, nothing more than a simple joke. But nothing was pleasing in the poignant yearning that flooded her heart. God, this man was something else. He was flawless.

"Not freaking likely." She wriggled in his arms, unexpectedly more afraid of the emotions jolting through her body than being dropped. "I’m freezing. Jesus, put me down."

Miraculously, Rhye came to a halt and gently lowered her to her feet. Not that she believed for a moment that he was actually following orders. She wasn’t that stupid. A feral rabbit would be more likely to dance the tang