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to you first.” She’d seen enough wounded men in the castle to know,
without treatment, Keegan didn’t have much time. She put the waterskin to his
lips, insisting he take small sips. “This is going to hurt,” she said, and
placed her hand over his wound. She summoned just enough heat to cauterize his
wound and slow the bleeding. Keegan slipped out of consciousness. Rayne
expelled four separate balls of fire into the air. She repeated the signal
every few minutes until she saw a reply signal shot from several kilometers
away.
    Rayne placed
a tender kiss on his lips. “Someone will be here soon.” She only hoped it
wouldn’t be too late. Keegan’s eyes stayed closed this time, and tears streamed
down Rayne’s cheeks. “Nay, you can’t die on me,” she whispered, not knowing if
he was conscious. “I love you.”
    ****
    Marcus and
Rayne entered the castle’s infirmary as Keegan finished dressing.
    “I leave your
side for a short while and you’re already escaping,” Rayne teased and kissed
Keegan on the cheek.
    His body
ached, but his wound was well tended and healing nicely. “I’m fine.” Two pairs
of eyes held him in feigned contempt. “What? Why are you both looking at me
like that?”
    “Considering
your history with the Raptors,” Marcus asked, rubbing his chin, “why did you
ride straight into their territory?”
    “Momentary
lapse of judgment.” Keegan shrugged.
    Rayne
continued the mock interrogation. “I know your skills. Your sword alone can
take on three men.”
    “And,” Marcus
chimed in, “I’ve seen you find and manipulate water in the middle of a blasted
desert.”
    “So, we’re
wondering,” Rayne said, circling Keegan, “how they got the better of you.”
    “It all
happened so fast. I didn’t have time to think,” Keegan said half-heartedly. He
knew they had figured it out.
    Rayne shook
her head. “It was a huge risk, Keegan.”
    “One that I
promise never to take again.” Keegan wrapped his arm around her waist and
lowered his eyes. “Forgive me?”
    Rayne smiled.
“Aye, I forgive you.”
    “I don’t
understand.” Marcus’s brows wrinkled in confusion. “Why take the risk?”
    Keegan answered,
“Because now I know.” No doubt, Rayne loved him as much as he loved her.
    Marcus was
still lost. “Know what?”
    “He’s the man
I cannot live without.” Rayne’s loving gaze never left Keegan’s. “It took
nearly losing him for me to realize it.”
    “Was it worth
it?” Marcus asked.
    Keegan and
Rayne embraced and answered in unison, “Absolutely.”

 
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