Dead of Night by J. D. Robb

Author:J. D. Robb [Robb, J. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literary Collections, Vampires, General, Romance, Marriage, Occult fiction, Large type books, Fiction, Short Stories, Time travel, Love stories
ISBN: 9781410405593
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2008-04-14T23:00:00+00:00

Laurel’s heart was pounding in time to his every footfall. As her eyes adjusted to the gloom, she realized that they were heading deep into the dungeons beneath the original castle ruins.

From the history she’d read, she knew that this was where the clans would gather during a siege. There were tunnels leading to various rooms that were large enough to shelter livestock, store grain, and permit entire families to live in safety within the castle enclosure while their men fought back intruders.

As they rounded a corner, the man came to an abrupt halt and in one fluid movement set her on her feet before shoving her roughly behind him. As Laurel took in a breath and prepared to flee, she heard the clash of steel upon steel, and looked up to see her captor facing a band of warriors.

There were nearly a dozen of them, their faces streaked with mud, their voices screaming words that were unintelligible to Laurel. But this much she understood: They were determined to kill both her captor and her.

Some of these men wore only animal skins to cover their nakedness. They lifted knives and swords menacingly as they surrounded their prey.

Laurel’s captor never even hesitated as he plowed through the circle of warriors, his sword cutting a swath of death and destruction through all in his path. Despite the fear that gripped her, Laurel couldn’t help admiring his courage in the face of such overwhelming odds. One after another, the attackers fell to his blade.

Just as it seemed safe, she watched in horror as two more attackers crept up from the shadows. “Behind you.”

At her shout, he turned and drove his blade through the chest of the one nearest him.

Seeing that the other was about to thrust his blade into her captor’s back, Laurel looked around for something, anything to use. Without even thinking, she yanked her cell phone from her pocket and tossed it as hard as she could. It caught the warrior on the side of his temple. Startled, he turned on her, ready to defend himself. It was all the distraction necessary for her captor to overpower the man. With an arm around his neck, he pulled a small, deadly knife from his waist and slit the attacker’s throat.

At the sound of hurried footsteps coming toward them, he again thrust her behind him before turning to await the next attack.

A warrior garbed in the same plaid as her abductor came to an abrupt halt. “Ye’ve come back, m’laird.”

“I have. To find barbarians in my own household.” The voice rang with righteous anger.

“They caught us by surprise, m’laird. Without your leadership, we feared all would be lost, but we managed to fight them off. This was the last of them. I’d feared they’d already made good their escape.”

“They would have, had I not been here to change their plans. See to them.”

Without another word, Laurel’s captor closed a hand over her wrist and hauled her through the carnage. They moved quickly along a darkened hallway and up a flight of stairs.

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