A/N: I'm BACK!!! I am so sorry for my faithful readers. This story has been a # lately. I knew what I wanted but couldn't get it out! I am so sorry for the huge delay. I will now try to update at least once a week if not more. But I make no promises ;)

When he finally caught up with her, she had already started back on the road. They rode the rest of the way in silence. By nightfall they were on the outskirts of their first stop, a mid-sized city that was a few days from the coast. They stopped in a small grove before dusk. "We should change here, just in case the city isn't as friendly as it looks." said Tavington as he got down off his horse. Tavington turned around to notice Kaitlin still sitting on her mare with dazed expression on her face. "Moore, are you daydreaming?" Kaitlin seemed to snap out of it with Tavington's words. "I'm sorry, were you talking to me, Tavington?" Tavington turned back to his horse and began to brush its mane. "Yes, I was speaking to you. What are you going to wear when we venture into the city?" Moore dismounted and began looking through her saddlebag. She laid out a few dresses of various colors and began contemplating her choice. Tavington turned agitated that Moore had yet answered his question, "Moore? Moore are you listening to me?"

Kaitlin continued contemplating her dress choice and ignored Tavington's statement. She was still mad from the previous engagement and was not going to relent in her treatment of Tavington. "He was lucky she didn't hit him. She shouldn't have stood there and let him talk to her like that, like she was under his command. That is what made her so angry. Oooh, men just drove her crazy, she'd show him who was boss. Let him try to tell her was to do. Just let him try!" Kaitlin started toward the wood line while she thought about how she was going to get back at Tavington. Tavington watched her disappear into the woods. "Bloody Hell! How where they going to survive four months of this? Sooner or later she would push him too far. He had never had anyone challenge him like Kaitlin had. She was puzzling, alluring, and damned annoying at the exact same time!" He raised his head at the snap of a twig up to Colonel Moore dressed in a plain farmer's wife dress. "That should do just fine, Colonel Moore." said Tavington as he brought their horses to a near oak tree to tie them. Moore strode right past him and mounted her horse, waiting on Tavington to continue dressing. Tavington huffed and went into the woods to change into a neutral blue shirt and breeches. He then untied the horses and mounted his. He led them down the path to the city.

"Now, Moore this is how we are going to do this. You don't talk, I'll do the talking. We are going to find out how this city sways and then we leave! Got it?" Tavington sneered toward Kaitlin as she stared at the path in front of her. "You know what, Tavington! I will do whatever I damn well please, because unlike you, I don't do a half ass job, Got that Tavington!" Kaitlin retorted. She looked over to Tavington, to see him seething. "Moore!, Why must you always question my orders?" He nearly yelled as they neared the edge of the city. "Tavington, why must you always downplay mine" Tavington was unable to come up with a reply as they rode up to the first available inn he saw. It was a small, almost dingy looking inn. He really wished he had not been given this mission. Between dealing with the bitch colonel and the lodging, this mission was already beyond frustrating. He demounted and looked back to see Moore sitting on her horse looking at him patiently. She was really good at acting a timid woman of her time. He strode over and lifted his arms to help her off her horse. Moore placed her hands on his shoulders and let him put his hands around her waist to lift her off her horse.

Tavington lifted her off the horse and grimaced when he felt her lean on him as he set her down. God's Teeth! Why did she have to be so damned frustrating and be so alluring at the same time? "Umm, Tavington! Can you move so we can go to the inn? You're starting to suffocate me." Kaitlin jerked him back into reality. Tavington backed up, realizing that he had stood there to long with her between him and the horse. "Let's head inside, shall we." Tavington led her into the inn. Kaitlin wasn't sure she didn't see a softer side of Tavington before he went cold again. She shook her head as she let Tavington lead her inside.

A/N: Just a little tidbit before I get to a really good part. I promise there will be a nice long chapter next okay!

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