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elixir with equal skill.
    If she added a touch of magic, it was hers to add.
    And she was happy, happy with the destiny that had been thrust on her and with the life she had made from it.
    Even if she’d been miserable, she thought, this day would have lifted her spirits. The beckoning sun, the caressing breeze, the faintest taste of rain in the air, rain that would not fall for hours—and then would fall gently.
    Wanting to take advantage of the day, she decided to work outside, starting some herbs from seed.
    *  *  *
    He was watching her again. Bad habit, Boone thought with a grimace as he glanced down at the cigarette between his fingers. He wasn’t having much luck with breaking bad habits. Nor was he getting a hell of a lot of work done since he’d looked out the window and seen her outside.
    She always looked so … elegant, he decided. A kind of inner elegance that wasn’t the least diminished by the grass-stained cutoffs and short-sleeved T-shirt she wore.
    It was in the way she moved, as if the air were wine that she drank lightly from as she passed through it.
    Getting lyrical, he mused, and reminded himself to save it for his books.
    Maybe it was because she was the fairy-princess type he so often wrote about. There was that ethereal, otherworldly air about her. And the quiet strength in her eyes. Boone had never believed that fairy princesses were pushovers.
    But there was still this delicacy about her body—a body he sincerely wished he hadn’t begun to dwell upon. Not a frailty, but a serene kind of femininity that he imagined would baffle and allure any male who was still breathing.
    Boone Sawyer was definitely breathing.
    Now what was she doing? he wondered, crushing out his cigarette impatiently and moving closer to the window. She’d gone into the garden shed and had come out again with her arms piled high with pots.
    Wasn’t it just like a woman to try to carry more than she should?
    Even as he was thinking it, and indulging in a spot of male superiority, he saw Daisy streak across her lawn, chasing the sleek gray cat.
    He had a hand on the window, prepared to shoot it up and call off the dog. Before he could make the move, he saw it was already too late.
    In slow motion, it might have been an interesting and well-choreographed dance. The cat streaked like gray smoke between Ana’s legs. She swayed. The clay pots in her arms teetered. Boone swore, then let out a sigh of relief when she righted them, and herself, again. Before the breath was out, Daisy plowed through, destroying the temporary balance. This time Ana’s feet were knocked completely out from under her. She went down, and the pots went up.
    Though he was already swearing, Boone heard the crash as he leapt through the terrace doors and down the steps to the lower deck.
    She was muttering what sounded to him like exotic curses when he reached her. And he could hardly blame her. Her cat was up a tree, spitting down on the yipping dog. The pots she’d been carrying were little more than shards scattered over the grass and the edge of the patio where the impact had taken place.
    Boone winced, cleared his throat. “Ah, are you all right?”
    She was on her hands and knees, and her hair was over her eyes. But she tossed it back and shot him a long look through the blond wisps. “Dandy.”
    “I was at the window.” This certainly wasn’t the time to admit he’d been watching her. “Passing by thewindow,” he corrected. “I saw the chase and collision.” Crouching down, he began to help her pick up the pieces. “I’m really sorry about Daisy. We’ve only had her a few days, and we haven’t had any luck with training.”
    “She’s a baby yet. No point in blaming a dog for doing what comes naturally.”
    “I’ll replace the pots,” he said, feeling miserably awkward.
    “I have more.” Because the barking and spitting were getting desperate, Ana sat back on her heels. “Daisy!” The command was quiet but firm, and it