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"That's it for now, son," Ty said, sliding carefully from Lucifer's back. "You get the rest of the day off."

The stallion snorted and sidestepped at the release of the pressure from his back, but that was all. When Ty raised his hands and tied the hackamore lead rope securely around the black neck, Lucifer didn't even flinch.

"You're a shining wonder," Ty murmured.

Lucifer promptly put his head against Ty's chest and rubbed hard, trying to dislodge the hackamore. Laughing softly, Ty began soothing away the itches that came from wearing leather against hot, sweaty hide.

"Sorry, son. I'm going to leave all this gear in place. It won't hurt you and it will save me a hell of a lot of trouble come tomorrow, when the lessons resume. But right now you've earned a good graze and I've earned some time in the Tub. Get along, son. Go over and berate Zebra about the crazy Jiumans she sicced on you."

A few minutes later Ja

Stop thinking about it, Ja

Except seduce Ty.

Herbs and seeds tangled and fell to the ground as Ja

"Well, I can at least get some of that sulfur water from the high spring," she muttered to herself. "Surely that shouldn't be too difficult for my clumsy hands."

Ja

Just once before they left the valley and never saw each other again.

When Ja

And then she saw Ty rise out of the nearest pool and stand naked on the sandy shore. Silver streamers of mist lifted from his hot skin, moving as he moved, their fragile grace in sharp contrast to the bunch and ripple of his powerful muscles. Unable to move, Ja

Ja

The pot Ja

The expression on Ja

Yet there she was, inches from him, and her gray eyes blazed with reflections of the need that burned within him.

"Ja

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Ja

"It's all right," she murmured. "I just want to…" Whatever Ja

When the tip of Ja

Ty's hands closed suddenly around Ja

"Yes," Ja

Ja

Ty's clenched thigh muscles barely gave beneath the testing of Ja