He found himself wishing, from time to time, that Faith would be one of those people to stare into them, for her to be like one of those girls from ba...k home that fell in love with him purely due to his eyes. He’d take a shallow love over an unrequited one, any day, had their situation only been different. He was staring at her again. He shook his head and cleared his thoughts as her gaze turned away from the morning sun. “I used to love sunrises,” Faith mumbled, almost to herself.“You can. I'd say its an affront to them, an insult they cannot allow to pass," McAllister answered, lightly.The Duke laughed from his horse beside McAllister. "That's probably justification enough."It was reasonable to suspect ambush and forces arrayed upon the approaches to Saint-Raphael. What McAllister didn't know was how strong or how cleverly disguised such ambushes and forces might be. Savonne listened, and arrayed his party into the two groups, four advance riders along the road an hour ahead of. “It’s okay, thank you, I can manage!” she said flirtatiously. She took over the process of undoing her buttons before he put his hands gently on her waist. She looked up, wondering if this would be the moment that he kissed her, but to her dismay he whispered to her, “turn around, I want you to watch yourself in the mirror.”She did as bidden, turning round slowly. She looked herself up and down, then looked at Ben’s reflection over her shoulder. He seemed to dwarf her. He smiled patiently,. I didn't dress or act like this when Iwas on active duty." Even when you were on leave in Denver?"Amber bit her lip and looked down. Major Brewer reached out and took herhand. "Amber, we knew what you were doing. We have been watching you foralmost two years. You're going to have to trust me. Come on, let's goback to the car."Amber felt better the rest of the trip. She was still very scared but thedark cloud of hopelessness had lifted. She did become more nervous asthey approached the gates to.