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Porsche driving toward the Hunter Valley. He knew it was completely irrational but the need to see her was overwhelming and it took him just over an hour to reach her farm; he would deal with the speeding tickets later.
    As he drove up the small road to the farmhouse, he saw Emily cantering bareback on a grey horse. She looked so beautiful and he admired her skill at riding with no halter or bridle to guide the horse with.
    When she saw him she cantered over to where he had parked the Porsche and slipped off the grey stallion. Applejacks was not happy with her and when she enquired with her thoughts as to why, he had taken off, kicking his hooves and swishing his tail. Turning to Vladimir, she smiled and reached for his hand to lead him into the house.

Chapter 4
    After connecting with Emily, Vladimir knew he wanted her as a mate. For the last twenty-five years Eric had been, and still was, his lover. In that time, both had occasionally taken various women as lovers, but Emily was the only woman he had brought home to Eric.
    Vladimir and Eric had lived in an apartment so the transition to Emily ’s farm had not been easy. Emily wouldn’t move to the city and Vladimir understood that she couldn’t leave her animals, but the first few months found him at odds with all the space, it made him uneasy. He liked an environment he could control.
    For Eric, moving to the farm had been like coming home and while moving in with Emily was against his wishes, waking up to the smell of grass and soil and the sounds of nature filled him with a sense of security. At first, Eric had resented Emily ’s presence and firmly wouldn’t allow her to connect mentally with him. This had puzzled and hurt Emily; Vladimir and Eric were the only humans who she had been able to connect to and it felt wrong not to follow her instincts. The first six months together were rocky and tense, and only eased after an explosive fight them both. Emily had backed down from previous confrontations with Eric as it was her nature to be a peacekeeper, but on this day Emily had planned a picnic with Vladimir when Eric suddenly declared that months earlier Vladimir had promised to go to an exhibition with him. Vladimir, who realised that he was not going to make either of them happy, threw his hands up and walked out.
    Emily had finally had enough and the two of them had a screaming match that lasted for an hour. Afterwards, Vladimir walked back in and announced that he was leaving them both. The declaration was so against his true wishes and Vladimir was in such a state, that Emily suddenly laughed. Within seconds Eric was laughing as well, the pair were uncontrollable in their mirth. Vladimir, totally confused, went upstairs to lie down and Emily and Eric finally had a heart-to-heart. After that, Eric began to soften towards Emily and while he still wouldn’t connect with her, he found himself enjoying her company; she had a quirky sense of humour.
    On the day that he finally allowed the connection to happen, Eric had just come back from a run around the farm. It was a warm spring day and the air was fresh and fragrant. Emily was sitting on the porch and before he went into the house, he sat down beside her to see what she was looking at.
    ‘See just over there, that small rabbit?’ Emily pointed to where it was. ‘Just watch it for a moment.’ As Eric watched the rabbit it began to hop, then it jumped and jack-knifed around to hop again, it looked like it was dancing.
    ‘ What’s it doing?’ Eric asked, amused at the sight.
    ‘ It’s having fun,’ Emily replied. ‘I can sense its happiness, all it’s really doing is being joyful with the day. Connect with me and you can experience it Eric, it feels so wonderful.’
    Eric paused, he was tempted but he smiled wryly at Emily, ‘Maybe another time,’ and went inside to take a shower.
    Later that day Emily asked Eric if he would help her cut some lavender. She wanted to drop it off to a neighbour who used