Page 120 of Carnal: The Beast Who Loved Me

“Someone’s coming.”

She knew before he moved that he was going to roll away and be on his feet so fast that it would look magical.

“Hey!” the farmer said. “Get out of here. You’re scaring my sheep!”

She wished the sheep onto the training field at Newland before saying, “What sheep?”

“What…?” The man turned to wave at the sheep, but stopped his hand mid-air when he saw there were none.

Carnal started to chuckle quietly. He leaned down so that she could feel his breath on her ear. “What did you do, little demon?”

Without sense enough to know when to be prudent, the man yelled, “What did you do with my sheep?”

“I gave them to someone more deserving,” Rosie said matter-of-factly.

She grabbed Carnal’s sleeve and pulled him toward the bike. On the other side of the fence, he said, “Rosie. That was funny, but where are the sheep?”

“On the training field.”

Carnal jerked his head toward her. “Our training field? At Newland?”

“The very same. Don’t worry.” She pulled him down as she stood on her tiptoes and gave him a peck on the tip of his nose. “I already put them back.”

“It’s a good thing for you that farmer interrupted us.”

“Why?”

“Because I was about to devour you, little demon.”

“Hmmm,” she said. “That sounds almost as sexy as being run down by you.”

He barked out a laugh, then grew quiet. Over his shoulder, he said, “Rosie. Are you staying?”

“What do I have to stay for, Carnal?” she said to his back.

There was a slight pause before he said, “Me.”

“All of you?”

“The whole damn package.”

She grinned. “We’ll see.”

“You’re a tease.”

“Been taking lessons from you.”

“Me?”

“Don’t play dumb. You’re the one who gets me worked up and then walks off.” He chuckled and shook his head slightly. “You taking me to dinner?”

He turned his head slightly. “Yeah. In Farsuitwail.”

“Great. What are we having?”

As he started the bike, he said, “They roll fish into this flat bread kind of thing and put green stuff in it. Sounds awful, but it’s good.”

“I’m in.”

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