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could think
of was placing kisses up and down her throat.
    “ And I love it when they
honk.”
    “ Um-hmm.” He could imagine
running his tongue right below her ear.
    “ They speak to each other
while in the air, signaling who should be next in line to fly to
the front and lead the formation.”
    “ Certainly.” Was there
someplace private nearby where they could be alone? Being so near
her yet unable to act out his thoughts was a torment he nearly
couldn’t stand.
    “ Such a pity people can’t
get along and be more like the geese.”
    “ Oh, I agree.” Perhaps he
could unbutton the top of her dress and press his lips to her bare
shoulders.
    “ Wouldn’t it be lovely to
be up there with them? To flap our arms and peer at the world
below?”
    “ I can’t
think of anything I’d rather do.” And after that I could—
    She changed her focus back
to him, her light brown eyes wide and unblinking. “Why are you
looking at me ?
The geese are up there.”
    “ Because you’re more
beautiful than geese, my little peregrine.”
    “ Oh, Percy, you do say the
sweetest things.” She giggled and fluttered her long
eyelashes.
    Percy smirked. “So I’ve
been told before.”
    That seemed to have gotten
her attention. “Oh? By whom?”
    Perhaps he shouldn’t speak
so easily of his other conquests. “Oh, no one in
particular.”
    She narrowed her eyes.
“Are there so many that you can’t recall of which woman you
speak?”
    He shrugged. This wasn’t
going at all how he’d planned. “I—”
    “ So you’re saying there
are other women…”
    He held up his hand. “No, uh… Not, well
now.”
    Both of her eyebrows shot
up. “Not now ?”
    “ No one but
you.”
    “ And just how long has it
been since there was another? I’m merely one in a long line
of—”
    “ Certainly not!” He’d
spoken the words too loud, frightening a small nearby sparrow into
frantic flight.
    She tilted her head. “I like you. Very much.
But I’m not one to be trifled with. I’ll not be one of many eggs in
your basket, so to speak.”
    “ I can assure you,
Georgiana, that at this moment, you are the only egg about whom I
care.”
    She bit her lip and smiled.
    Percy took that as a good
sign. Maybe he could talk her into finding a private spot
somewhere. “Say, would you like to—”
    Georgiana turned her head
suddenly to something just off to their right. “Oh look! There’s a
red-breasted flycatcher!” Taking hold of Percy’s hand, jerking him
nearly off his feet as well as from his thoughts, Georgiana took
off at a walk so brisk to be nearly a run. Percy stumbled and went
down. Georgiana, still clinging to him, toppled too. They’d ended
up in a small valley, well out of sight of the main
path.
    “ Woman, it’s clear from
your actions that you desire me.”
    “ But I—”
    Percy cupped her face in
his palm. “How often in a short period of time have I ended up with
you on top of my person?”
    She raised one hand and
pointed behind him. “But I thought I saw a red-breasted
flycatcher.”
    He shook his head, a slow
grin spreading across his face. “You can use a bird as an excuse
for your exuberance, but you and I both really know the
reason.”
    “ Reason for what?” She
struggled against him, trying to move away.
    “ That you appear to have a
fondness for being exceedingly close to me.”
    Georgiana glanced to their
left. “But the bird. It will get away!”
    “ Ah… comparing me to a
bird now, are we? I’ll take that as a compliment. I’m not going to
fly away, Lady Peregrine.”
    She blinked and peered
down at him as if for the first time. “Pardon?”
    “ You’ve successfully
captured my attention, I assure you. I do believe you’re trying to
ensnare me.”
    Her face colored, giving
her an attractive pinkish hue. “Well, I…”
    Percy tugged her close,
fully intending on an extended kiss. Something shuffled in the
grass a few feet away, and Georgiana angled around and gasped.
Percy finally pulled