He’d pulled her from the water more than four weeks ago, but she hadn’t been awake for more than twelve days, and yet he felt as if she’d been a part of his life for much longer. In fact, it was hard to recall his life before her arrival in it. Aulay didn’t know how that had happened, but he needed to do something about it. He needed to toughen his heart against her . . . else he wouldn’t survive when she finally left him.
