Bridegroom Bodyguard by Lisa Childs

Author:Lisa Childs [Childs, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary romantic suspense, Harlequin Intrigue, Fiction
ISBN: 9781460337288
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-06-30T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Parker held tightly to the shovel. And he exhaled a ragged breath of relief that the blade hadn’t struck his head. She had swung it forcefully and wildly. And now she threw things that she pulled off shelves. But it was dark and most of them missed him.

“Sharon,” he said. But she kept throwing things. So he dropped the shovel and grabbed her, pulling her flailing body into his arms. She swung her fists and feet, fighting him. “Sharon! It’s me. It’s Parker. It’s your husband.”

Her struggle stilled. And then she was crying and clutching at him. “You’re alive!”

“Yes,” he said. “And so are you...”

And he was clutching her back, pulling her closer so that he could feel her heart beat and her lungs breathe.

“You’re alive....” He shouldn’t have sent her running off alone. The minute he’d done it he had regretted it. And when he’d nearly shot his brother, he had realized that instead of sending Sharon to safety, he had sent her off alone to deal with whatever dangers awaited her in the dark. He hadn’t realized that she might be the danger—with the deadly shovel she’d wielded.

Once he had identified the footsteps as belonging to his family, he had left them to run after his bride. He had been worried that he would find her cowering in fear. Once again, he had underestimated her. She was far stronger than he had given her credit for.

She pulled back and stared up at him, her eyes glistening in the darkness. “Who was running up when I left?”

“My family. They heard the crash and came running from the chapel,” he explained. He should have known they would have heard it and the gunfire, too.

She kept staring up at him. “What about the gunshots I heard?”

He flinched, remembering how close he had come to hitting Cooper. “It was nothing.” He wouldn’t have fired at all but he had seen Cooper’s gun before he had seen who was holding it. If he hadn’t worried that a shot fired from it might hit Sharon as she ran away, he wouldn’t have risked shooting so soon.

Sirens wailed as emergency units approached the scene. Parker wanted to keep his arms around Sharon, wanted to continue holding her. But she had been hurt; at the very least, she needed stitches for the cut on her head. Maybe a CT scan to make sure she didn’t have a concussion. He had to bring her back to the ambulance.

“We have to go,” he said.

She pulled back and nodded. “Of course...”

He led the way out of the shed, making sure he stayed between her and whatever might have been waiting for them in the dark. But she stumbled and fell against him. So he turned and lifted her up into his arms. And he carried her back to where all the lights flashed and sirens wailed.

What had taken them so long to come? Had no one reported the accident or the gunfire? Officers were there now, in full force, stringing yellow tape around the crime scene.

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