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Early the next morning, Alexandru wiped the excess water from his face and ran his fingers through his short, dark hair. While he had bathed after Ka’ya returned last night, he felt he needed another one – this time to cool the fire growing inside him. Hell, at the rate it was building, he decided he was either going to self-combust or be given a gold medal for control.
After he’d returned to camp last night, he discovered that Ka’ya had made a pallet next to hers. Granted it was done to maximize protection against the elements and possible predators, but it was still next to hers. Another groan escaped him when he remembered how beautiful she looked in the glow of the fire when he first found her.
He had been on the verge of collapsing. The fight with the female Gonda had been bruta
