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JACKSON
It was impossible to hide my anger and frustration from Hyacinth, but she hadn't noticed, for I'd distracted us both with f*****g. I hadn't expected to claim her so roughly, but I'd lost myself in her body, and I'd needed it. So had she, it seemed. I was frantic to feel the connection between us again, to be in the one place, with the one person that made it all go away. It had, but only briefly.
When I'd joined my father in the stable, he'd told me about the man who'd come from the army. I knew Colonel Jeffries and the man knew me. If someone needed a sharpshooter, they wouldn't have cared if I'd been discharged or not, especially not Jeffries. Because I was so good, I was indispensable. Why they let me go to begin with was beyond me. Perhaps they'd done it knowing it wouldn
