Defying Desire by A. C. Arthur

Author:A. C. Arthur [Arthur, A. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-09-03T13:16:01+00:00

Abruptly all her movement was stopped. She’d run into a wall? She was falling, no she was floating. Had she died, as well? Oh God, please say it was finally over. Please say He decided to take her instead of Jake and Jessica. Please, please.

Chapter 11

He’d heard screaming and his military instincts had immediately kicked in.

From the group in which he’d stood and been talking, Trent turned. What he saw frightened him more than any battle he’d ever been in.

Tia was stumbling out the front door of the house. She’d taken one step and her legs had almost given out. She looked like she was about to faint. Right behind her was his mother, Noelle and Camille. They were all calling her name and reaching for her. But she pulled away, stumbling down the next step. How she managed to stand through the tears streaming down her face and the ruthless shaking of her head Trent had no idea. But in the next instant he was running to her, scooping her up into his arms the minute he was close enough.

Her breaths came in ragged spurts. She mumbled incoherently, tears springing from her eyes as if someone had released a dam.

“Call an ambulance,” his mother was saying behind him.

“She was fine a moment ago,” Camille was at his side as he walked with Tia in his arms.

“Go back inside,” he told her tightly.

“No!” Camille yelled. “Where are you taking her? You should wait for the paramedics. Something’s wrong, Trent!”

“She’s going to be fine, Camille,” Trent heard Adam trying to console his fiancé.

“Slow down, man. Where are you taking her?” Adam asked.

“She’s going with me! I’ll take care of her,” Trent said, finally stopping when he was at the passenger side of his truck. He tried to reach into his pocket for his keys but Tia was still thrashing in his arms. He had to get her away from here, to calm her down and find out what had happened.

His heart pounded, tiny sharp jabs spearing his chest each time she whimpered, at each tear he watched stream from her eyes.

He felt a heavy hand on his back, then going into his jacket pocket. Turning slightly he saw that it was Linc. He was getting his keys and unlocking the door.

“Call if you need anything,” Linc told him when the door was open and he was slipping Tia onto the seat.

Pulling back Trent closed the door, stood and could only stare at Linc for what seemed like an endless second. In his brother’s eyes he saw trust.

Linc trusted that he would take care of Tia. He didn’t believe he was going to hurt her, a change from his reaction a couple of weeks ago. Trent couldn’t speak, but nodded and ran around to the driver’s side and jumped in.

He drove like a madman he knew, but the farther away from the house he traveled, the calmer Tia seemed to get. With one hand on the steering wheel and the other touching

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