" He couldn’t say why Captain Gray got under his skin the way she did. Though strong and well made, she was no great beauty, compared to the women he’d been introduced to at court. Yet, when they were together, she elbowed everything else out of his mind.
“Matelon?”
He looked up, and she was studying him with her amber eyes. Did she know that she had this effect on him? He prayed to all the gods she did not. "
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