A Case of You by Pamela Burford

Author:Pamela Burford [Burford, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01LX64578
Goodreads: 32025907
Publisher: Radical Poodle Press
Published: 2016-10-16T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“NOAH... KIT TRIED to raise her voice above a tremulous whisper. “You’re hurting me.”

He loomed over her, his fingers biting into her leg and shoulder. He had that look on his face she remembered from that time in his attic when he’d first kissed her. When he’d said, I’d never let him hurt you, Kit.

This isn’t Noah, her mind whispered, though the absurd thought brought little comfort.

Automatically she tried to push him off her, but it was a fruitless exercise, his sinewy arms as immovable as steel posts.

He looked her over, slowly, his eyes lingering on her bare breasts. “Nice.” His leering assessment made her feel dirty, where moments before she’d felt only fierce desire, and the sweet anticipation of becoming one with this enigmatic man. Her need for him had overwhelmed her fear and confusion.

But now the fear was back, amplified a thousandfold.

Still gripping her shoulder, he laid his other hand between her breasts. Her heart fluttered against his warm palm like a wounded bird. This tangible evidence of her terror seemed to amuse him and be grinned, his teeth gleaming in the dark like a feral animal’s. He spoke with exaggerated patience, as if to a naughty child. “You should’ve listened to him, Kit. He told you to be afraid.”

The southern drawl was gone, his intonation as Vermont as they come. She swallowed hard, staring at the planes and shadows of Noah’s face in the starlight.

She’d read about multiple personality disorder, seen those movies about people with split personalities. It was the only explanation she could think of. Her throat felt dry as dust. “What’s your name?” she asked.

His eyes narrowed. He brought his face close to hers, scrutinizing her with chilling detachment, their breath mingling. He wrapped his long fingers around her jaw and tipped her face this way and that, the better to study her eyes.

“No... you don’t get it. Not really,” he said at last.

She willed the quaver from her voice. “I want to get up now. The ground is cold.” She groped for the drawstrings of her blouse.

With lightning speed he captured her arms and pinned them above her head with one hand. He shoved the other hand under her skirt and started yanking at her panties. She tried to scream, but couldn’t force a sound past a throat constricted with terror.

Her rational mind kicked in long enough to register the fact that he had no weapon except his body... and she had no one to rely on but herself. Letting reflex take over, she tucked her leg and shot her foot into his chest with every bit of strength she possessed. Her heel connected like a baseball bat, complete with a satisfying crack. He released her with a grunt and fell back, astonishment plain on his face—a face that, in that instant, looked a little more like the Noah she knew.

But by the time she’d rolled to her feet and backed away a few yards, the stranger had returned, his expression a mixture of fury and admiration as he slowly stood, a hand to his chest.

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