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There Aileana stood gazing at the moon over the dark water looking so bonnie in the moonlight. She made his heart pound as no other woman or Selkie female ever had. Kendrick was drawn to her now, just as he was when she was a young teenage lass. Only now the years had passed, and he could act upon those emotions. His thoughts brought him to the conclusion he would make Aileana his in body and soul. Her willful nature was a challenge that called to him, she would be strong and stand at his side to rule his clan with him. He watched her turn away from the sea and walk towards his cottage up on the hill. He took a different path to meet her at his cottage, so she wouldn’t realize he’d been watching her as she walked along the shore. She knocked tentatively at the front door. Kendrick approached her. “What brings ye here, this time of night?” …show more content…
“You just never know how you’re going to take astonishing news until you’re the one receiving it. I did some thinking about what you said, and I realized you’re the same man, or male I know, or whatever! I'm aware something is happening between us, and I feel we need to see where it leads us. I don’t know about you, but I feel this kind of tugging on my feelings towards you. It is hard for me to explain it as I have never felt it before. It is as if this is where I need to be— with you.” She said in a rush, trying to say everything all once. Perhaps before she could change her

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