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you.”
    “No, that she would never do. She’s always done everything in her power to protect me.”
    Alexa decided to switch gears. “You said you’ve lived on the reservation off and on. Where else have you been?”
    Trystan regarded Alexa shrewdly. “I’m beginning to think you must have been a reporter. You certainly have a way of getting your subject to answer tough questions.”
    Alexa’s eyes widened. “I didn’t mean to offend you.”
    Trystan jumped in. “You haven’t.” She squeezed the hand she was holding a little harder. “It’s just that no one’s ever taken that much of an interest in me before.”
    Alexa frowned. “I find that hard to believe. You’re sweet, you’re attractive, you’re intelligent.”
    “Careful, Alexa. A girl could get a swelled head around you.”
    “Yeah, right. So,” Alexa drew the word out, “back to the question.
    Where, other than the reservation, have you lived?”
    “Okay, I can see you’re not going to let this one go, are you?”
    “Nope.” Alexa’s eyes twinkled.
    “When I first realized I was a two-spirit…”
    “A what?”
    “When I first figured out that I was a lesbian. You do know what that is, right?”
    Alexa laughed. “Sarcasm will get you nowhere, woman. Out with it—pun intended.”
    Trystan groaned at the awful play on words. “Let’s just say there isn’t much action here on the reservation in the middle of nowhere. My mother could see that she was losing me. I was restless and looking for trouble. She sent me away to boarding school and then college.”
    “And then?”
    “Then I came back here.” Trystan paused and sat down on a rock, pulling Alexa in front of her. “But I realized this wasn’t the place for me.”
    Alexa’s legs grew warm with the heat from Trystan’s body, and there was an unfamiliar fluttering in the pit of her stomach. She found her voice with difficulty. “Then what are you doing here?”
    Trystan worked hard to control herself. All she wanted was to take this woman in her arms and make love to her. But she could see alarm in The Value of Valor

    the deep, sea green eyes, and she decided not to push her luck. There would be time. “I, um, I went back to school and became a physician’s assistant, but there aren’t many calls for them yet since it’s a pretty new profession, and I couldn’t find a job. So I came back a couple of months ago temporarily until I can find something.”
    “I’m sure you will.” Alexa’s senses were on overload; she felt overwhelmed by Trystan’s proximity. Unsure why she was feeling this way, she followed her instincts, breaking contact between their bodies. “I think we’d better head back now.”
    “Okay,” Trystan said softly. “Anything you want.”
    They walked the short distance back to Terri’s small cottage without saying a word. When they were on the front step, Trystan leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on Alexa’s cheek. “Thank you for today, Alexa. I had a marvelous time.”
    “Me too, Trystan. I’m sure I’ll see you soon.”
    Trystan watched as Alexa practically ran inside the house. She knew she was completely smitten with the woman and fought with herself not to follow her inside. “Slowly, Trystan. You’ve got to move very slowly with her.” But she wasn’t sure if her heart or her body would obey.
    She returned to her own house, unable to keep thoughts and visions of Alexa at bay. With a sigh, she lay down on her bed. Lazily, she turned over in her mind again the feeling of carrying Alexa to the bed the day the man had come asking questions about her, the softness of her skin, the silkiness of her hair, and the beauty of her smile.
    Without conscious thought, Trystan began running her fingers up the insides of her thighs, seeing herself in her mind’s eye lost in a passionate embrace with Alexa, their mouths questing, bodies quivering with desire, hands exploring each other with unbridled need.
    Trystan’s hand reached her own