Danger Close (Shadow Warriors) by McKenna Lindsay

Author:McKenna, Lindsay [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

CATHY QUIVERED uncontrollably. What was wrong with her? Why couldn’t she tough it out?

Cathy felt a gentle tug on her arm. She found herself being turned around. Fighting back the tidal wave of tears and anguish, she tried to push away from Jim, her hands flat against his chest.

“Don’t,” she cried, “don’t do this to me.”

Jim saw the naked pain in every plane of her face, mirrored within her pleading, luminous eyes. “We need to talk, Cathy,” he began huskily, his fingers wrapping firmly around her upper arms so she couldn’t pull free. “You and I. We helped a baby be born—”

A howl surged up through her, coming out of her throat as a low, animal moan. “Stop…stop, I don’t want to hear—” And she tried to struggle out of his grasp.

Jim took an uneven breath, holding her while she tried to squirm free.

“Listen to me! Dammit, Cathy, stop running! Stop trying to hide from the pain. Let it go. Let—it—go! It’s our pain. We shared something good and clean. I’m sorry the baby’s dead, but it’s a fact, Cathy. You’ve got to face it. Face it with me.”

Rage intermingled with fear as her control began disintegrating beneath his hoarsely breathed words as he forced her against him to contain her struggles. Blindly, Cathy fought him, her strength born out of fear, out of loss of total control. Scuffling, the sand sucking and slippery, Cathy brought up her knee to catch him between the legs.

Boland countered swiftly, knocking both legs out from beneath her. He heard her cry out as they crashed to the sand. Again, she struck out at him, her balled fist barely grazing his clenched jaw. He caught her wrist and twisted it up and over her thrashing head.

“Cathy! Settle down—”

A choked cry exploded from her. “No!”

She fought wildly for nearly a minute. Boland straddled her bucking body, sat down on her heaving midsection and pinned both hands above her head. “Dammit,” he rasped thickly, “you aren’t going to run! Get that through your head, Cathy.”

She clamped her eyes shut, ceasing to struggle, her breasts rising and falling sharply against her blouse.

Jim’s fingers tightened considerably on her wrists as he leaned close, his breath punctuating his words. “The baby, Cathy. The baby. The one you delivered. The one you held…” His voice cracked and his eyes glittered dangerously with tears.

The baby. And then, Cathy let go, scalding tears streaming down her face and sobs wrenching from deep inside her.

Finally, Jim released her. He got off her and slipped his arm beneath her shoulders and dragged her into his arms. Raw, unwilling sobs shattered the night air and he rocked Cathy back and forth, holding her tightly, crooning words of comfort to her. He laid his head against her tangled, damp hair, sharing her pain, sharing her grief. His own tears molded and fused with hers as he sought and found her contorted lips. He tasted the bitter salt of her tears and the life-giving sweetness of her mouth.

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