in so deeply that he grasped her hips.
“Dyna, you will drive me over the edge too quickly. Slow down,” he whispered. She did, for a time, moving carefully over him, even testing different angles, but then she picked up the pace with a rhythmic pulsing that drove him mad and made them both breathless.
“Derric, please. What do I do? I don’t know how to…”
He touched a spot above where they were joined, rubbing her until she screamed, convulsing against him, her head thrown back with such pleasure that he knew she’d finally finished. He grasped her hips to get her exactly where he wanted her, then climaxed with a roar as he exploded inside her.
She fell against him, her breathing ragged as she chuckled.
“I had no idea.”
He laughed against her, his hands still on the tight cheeks of her bottom, holding himself inside her. “So you finished this time, Diamond?”
Her hot breath came out in a whoosh against his neck. “Aye, and so did you, Corbett.”
“Are you sure?”
“Absolutely. I only have one complaint.”
“What? I didn’t please you?” he asked, caressing her bottom.
“Oh, you pleased me completely. Why the hell didn’t you make me finish before?”
Chapter Twenty-Five
Dyna woke up, still smiling from their lovemaking. She knew Derric was going to get upset with her, but she wasn’t going to awaken him. She dressed quietly, took care of her needs, then led her horse out of the area before she mounted, heading out into the Highlands to find her grandfather.
Her horse nickered as if to remind her she forgot someone. “You like him better than me. ’Tis that not the truth of it?” Couldn’t blame the animal for all the sweet-talking Derric did to the horses—all of them. Stopping the beast, she thought again about her dream and how she hadn’t been the one who’d rescued her grandsire.
It had been Derric. Changing her mind, she turned her horse around to go back for him, surprised to find him heading her way as soon as she went around the bend. Pulling up short, she wasn’t surprised when Derric spoke to her sharply.
“You thought you’d sneak away from me again? I was waiting for you this time, Diamond.”
She slowed her horse, allowing him to come closer. “I thought of waking you, but you were sleeping peacefully. I only planned to go a short way before I returned for you. But I changed my mind. Can you not see I just came back for you?”
“Lying does not become you, lass,” he drawled.
Dyna broke into a peal of laughter and sent her horse flying across the meadow, leaving Derric behind her. Truth was, she was glad he’d joined her. This was not the time to go off on her own. She slowed her horse again and said, “Do you think you can keep up with me, old man?”
Derric hollered, “You’ll pay for that later.”
She laughed, and for a few minutes they raced on their horses, Dyna enjoying the wind in her face, but the seriousness of their mission set in as soon as they were off Grant land.
“Diamond, wait,” Derric called from behind her.
She slowed enough for him.
“Do you have a plan or are we wandering aimlessly?”
“Sometimes I travel based on my intuition. ’Tis what will guide me today.” Her gaze searched the area all the while they spoke, looking for anything to trigger her special talents. Anything that would have meaning for her grandfather.
“I’ll accept that for a while, but if we find nothing, we’ll need a new plan.”
She couldn’t argue with that reasoning, and besides, she felt certain they would find something. In fact, she suspected they would find that cottage she’d seen in her vision days before. This was the day she’d predicted.
There were multiple patrols out, but they didn’t know the Highlands the way she did, nor did they have her abilities as a seer. Sometimes the knowledge came to her so clearly, it was like someone whispering in her ear. It was like that now, and she knew precisely which way to go, almost as if a hand rose and pointed in the correct direction at every crossroads she reached.
They traveled for about two hours before she felt guided off the regular path, to a familiar cottage. It was the one she’d seen in her vision. She pointed to it, leading Derric there as quietly as possible.
Smoke came out of the chimney, indicating someone was there. They left their horses tied to a bush and crept closer, not completely surprised to