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from sweating too much, but in the cool of a desert night, they could manage the speed and right now they needed it.
    â€œWill Crispin be all right?” Susannah asked when it became apparent he wasn’t joining them.
    â€œCrispin’s always all right. He has a stash too. He’ll see us in Algiers.” Alex answered confidently.
    She sighed, her head moving sleepily against him. “You won, you know. All four knives were bull’s-eyes.”
    She drowsed against him and Alex welcomed her weight. She was his. Just as soon as they reached Algiers, he’d make it legal.
    Somewhere between the last of the night and sunrise, he found a cave with enough room for the horse to be comfortable during the hot day. It would do, for his horse and for him. The excitement of the evening’s events and the woman he carried with him still fired his loins, seeking relief.
    Inside the cave, he made their meager encampment, laying down a blanket for their bed. He laid Susannah gently upon it and she stirred at the movement, looking up at him through sleepy eyes. She reached for him. “Come to bed, Alex.”
    Four simple words, and yet the most powerful aphrodisiac he’d ever experienced, the words of a woman inviting a man to bed.
    In a swift movement, he shrugged out of his robes and fell naked beside her in acceptance of the invitation. She snuggled beside him, her sleepiness disappearing. “You saved us, Alex.” She kissed him hard on the mouth, a hand dropping low between them.
    Alex groaned appreciatively. Her hand moved to stroke his length, massaging, arousing, if it was possible to be aroused further. Suddenly, she rolled over and straddled him. “I was thinking about this as we rode tonight,” she whispered, letting her hair fall forward and tickle his nipples. “I was thinking that I could ride you like a horse, like a stallion.”
    â€œYou could,” Alex grinned as she teased.
    â€œAnd I was thinking,” she continued, bending to kiss him on the mouth, “that while I was up here, I could do…other things….”
    Alex’s reply was hoarse. “You could,” he managed. But his permission was hardly necessary. She’d already started the journey downwards, trailing kisses down his chest, her breath feathering his navel, her lips pressing either side of his thighs and then finally reaching their destination.
    She tested tentatively at first, her lips a mere flutter on the sensitive head of him. Then firmer as she took all of him, sucking and licking until Alex cried out into the night. This was an ecstasy beyond words and he reveled in her boldness.
    When he could stand it no longer, he urged her head up and pulled her above him, letting her take his length inside her and begin to ride towards fulfillment. As the sun rose outside the cave, Alex took them both to completion, her body collapsing against him, satiated.
    They spent the day in the cave. The sun was too hot to make travel worthwhile. There was little to do but make love and talk, not that Alex minded. When he was with Susannah, he was discovering he wanted to do little else.
    â€œWhere will you go when we reach Algiers?” Susannah asked, playing idly with the flat of his aureole.
    â€œCairo. My family lives there, and you’ll want to meet them. But there will be reports to make in Algiers. We’ll be there a while.”
    â€œWe?” Susannah lifted her head, her sea-blue eyes curious.
    â€œUs.” Alex smiled softly. “I plan to marry you once we reach civilization. If you’ll have me?” He levered up on one arm. “Susannah Sutcliffe, will you marry me? I cannot guarantee a life rich in wealth, but I can promise a life rich in adventure.”
    She laughed, but turned her gaze away. “The sun has touched you, Alex. You hardly know me and you must know that no one will consider me suitable. I’m damaged goods.”
    Alex snorted at