Yes, Elizabeth.” Dash kept his voice low, but let it rumble with his arousal. “I lived for you and Cassie. But while I fought to live I dreamed, and it was this I dreamed of.

It can happen like that. It can build slowly. It can come like a gentle rainfall, or it can slam into you like a tsunami. You are my tsunami, love.

Enclose your heart in times of need with the steel of your determination and your strength. In doing this, all things will be bearable.

Take my heart with you, baby girl. It follows you....always.

What am I going to do with you? I have suggestions, but this might not be the place for them.

Do you know, every time I've seen you you've been like the Grim Reaper of goodwill and cheer. You should find another profession.

Getting a woman's body and getting her heart are two different things. And gaining her trust is another problem entirely.