Captive Kisses (Sweetly Contemporary Collection) by Blake Jennifer

Author:Blake, Jennifer [Blake, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Steel Magnolia Press
Published: 2012-10-12T21:00:00+00:00

Seven

She was as good as her word. Exactly thirty minutes later, they left the house. Kelly, a slender figure in a white sundress, the only thing suitable for evening she had brought with her, stopped at the foot of the steps. She glanced up at Charles.

“We can go in my car, if you like,” she said.

He shook his head, an unfamiliar figure beside her in a gray business suit. “While you were dressing, I asked George to get out the speedboat. It will be quicker and, barring a storm or some other disaster, I believe I can get you to the lodge without mishap.”

She moved ahead of him along the walkway. When they left the concrete for the muddy path down to the lake he took her arm. The heels of her white sandals made a tapping sound along the wooden catwalk. At the landing, she paused, waiting for Charles to go ahead of her down the steps, then give her a hand into the boat. She moved to the front, dropping into the cushioned vinyl seat behind the boat’s windshield.

The cry of a loon came across the water, a haunting, mournful sound. For no good reason that she could think of, gooseflesh rose along Kelly’s arms. She let her gaze rove the gathering darkness of the evening that was already blotting out the shapes of the trees, then looked to the man beside her. In the dim glow of the instrument panel, he seemed unaffected by the peculiar atmosphere of the lake at night. His face was calm and a little stern. She glanced away, drawing her shawl of silky gray-blue mesh closer around her shoulders.

Charles started the motor, then let it idle to a rich, rumbling purr. His voice was flat as he spoke. “There is something we had better get straight.”

Kelly swung to face him. “Yes?”

“We will be going into a place where there will be other people. You may be tempted to involve them in what is going on here. I want you to understand, Kelly, that it would not be wise.”

“Are you threatening me?” she inquired, her gray eyes sparkling with defiance.

“I’m telling you to think carefully about the consequences before you act. I’m sure you don’t want to endanger innocent bystanders.”

“You seem very sure of yourself. Has it occurred to you that you may be the one in danger?”

“Knowing how slow the average citizen is to believe an appeal for help, or to act on it when he is convinced, I doubt it. Still, I would like your word that you won’t try anything.”

“You would like me to put myself on the honor system, is that it?”

“That’s the idea,” he agreed quietly.

“And if I refuse?”

He reached to switch off the motor, then turned back to face her. “Then we don’t go.”

The look in his black eyes was implacable as he sat waiting for her answer with one arm resting on the steering wheel and the other along the back of the seat.

“What makes you

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