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Alicante. His superior attitude hadn't made him a favorite with the townspeople and no one was in a particular hurry to have him acquire the Duero She instructed the men to take their burden up to her room on the second floor. The other rooms weren't made up and she didn't want time wasted.

This man needed help and comfort immediately.

Servants came

at the sight of her and she

gave them tasks. The pazo became a flurry of activity. There was water to draw and a bath, the man would need clothes and blankets and eventually hot

Elena motioned for two

of the women to follow her up to the chambers.

Once he was deposited on the bed, Elena and one of the women began the process of undressing him, stripping the cold rags

his body. The

other woman built up a fire and laid out blankets from a

at the foot of the bed. "He's freezing," Elena exclaimed, finally succeeding in disengaging her hand long enough to tear away the remains of his shirt.

worrying blue tinge

was visible about his lips now that there was light to see by. "We need those blankets!"

"Here's a blanket." The woman, Anna, shook out a blanket and passed it to Elena. "But it's a shame to cover up such a gem-don't see a fine healthy male like that just any day."

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Elena felt her cheeks flame. She was embarrassed to admit that she'd noticed the defined muscles of his torso, the lean curve of his hip, the long lines of his thighs and what lay between them. The cold hadn't appeared to do too much damage to the member that lay snuggled against his leg in a nest of dark hair. Quickly, she snapped the blanket over him and chided herself for such

thoughts about a man in need.

Chapter 3

Servants came and went

the room, building

up fires, bringing water and hot broth. Through it all, Elena stayed at the stranger's side, distracting her thoughts with the task of

him.

Eventually, the activity in the room ebbed. The room darkened

the absence of lanterns and

lights the servants brought with them. Quiet fell.

Anna, the last to go, squeezed her shoulder.

"There's nothing more to do, Senora. Get some sleep. We'll see what the morning brings."

stay with him," Elena said resolutely, but she heard the underlying message-everyone had done what they could. They'd sought their beds because there was nothing more to be done. The man hadn't

The blue tinge still flirted

about his lips. No one thought he would live. He had been unconscious with a low temperature for a prolonged amount of time. Elena had looked earlier for a bump on the head that might indicate an injury. There'd been none,

the

worst: he was unconscious because his body

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hadn't the strength

for consciousness. His life

was slipping away.

stay in case he speaks," Elena said. "We might

his name."
We might learn who he
was and who to write to in case he doesn't
Anna clucked. "Suit yourself. You're far too good, wasting yourself on a stranger who won't wake up. Pity that." She shot Elena a sly look.

"He looked an awful lot like Alejandro."

"People often see what they want to see,"

Elena replied, taking the stranger's hand again, feeling it flex about her own in reassurance that he was still alive, although the grip was weaker than it had been.

"Yes they do,"

said cryptically, softly

shutting the door behind her.

Elena pushed a strand of hair back the

stranger's face. Cleaned up and bathed, he was beautiful to look at. Long black lashes shuttered his eyes.

you wake up, I can see what color your eyes are," Elena

It was all

nonsense-what did it matter what she said to him? "You could tell me your name," she cajoled in soft tones.

"Gray- a hoarse sound came

his

elegant lips.

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"Gray," Elena repeated, surprised to hear anything

him at all. The hand she held

squeezed as if in

"Is that the color of

your eyes?" Elena asked. It took a moment for it to register that he'd spoken English.