Forbidden Kiss by Shannon Leigh

Author:Shannon Leigh [Leigh, Shannon]
Language: ara
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781622665921
Google: 4cbCAwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00KUXWON8
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2014-07-27T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Jule didn’t wait for Rom. He would follow of course, he was too gentlemanly not to, but she couldn’t simply stand there like a target and wait for him to shoot another arrow into her heart. She’d lost enough blood already.

The door from the courtyard latched closed behind her and Jule stepped out into the narrow street, crossing over into the dark shadows.

“Jule, wait.”

She heard his footsteps behind her.

“Jule.” He caught her arm, stopping her as she rounded the corner to cross the river. She looked straight up into his dark, dark eyes and glimpsed pain.

“Look. I’m sorry I screwed things up,” she said. “We should have kept this professional. I asked for your help and I’m grateful you’re here. But let’s not talk about what happened tonight. Okay?”

His hand lingered on her shoulder and Jule, heaven help her, took comfort from its penetrating warmth.

He opened his mouth, but Jule cut him off and pulled out from under his hand.

“Tell me what I need to do. I want to get this done and find out if we’re on the right track or if I just need to hang it up and go home to—” She’d almost said go home to Pio.

His gaze searched her face for several seconds. She couldn’t read his thoughts, couldn’t tell if he hurt as much as she, but he came to some internal decision and let the moment go.

“We’ll be going underground. There’s a network of tunnels that run under the palazzo to a number of nearby buildings. That’s our way in.”

Jule kept up with his pace, refusing to dwell on the feel of her hand wrapped in his.

“How do you know about these tunnels?”

“I know the city well.”

He didn’t stop walking, but Jule noticed a new tension that ticked a muscle in his jaw.

“How will we be able to get inside this tunnel? You have a key?”

Rom glanced down at her as they gained the top of the bridge and the sound of the river washed over them. If Jule weren’t in such a lousy mood, she would have stopped to take in the beauty of the Adige on such a clear night.

“I know where to find one.”

And he did.

A few minutes later, Jule stood inside the darkest hole on the planet. Or at least in Verona.

As they had approached what appeared to be a dead end to an alley a block from the palazzo, Rom had walked straight up to the back wall of the Santa Maria Antica church and pulled on several bricks until a mortar joint gave way and an ancient skeleton key popped out.

While she stood speechless and gaping, he trotted down several steps to an even older looking door and inserted the key into the lock. Viola. Tunnel access.

“I’d love to ask how you knew about the secret key, but I know it’d be a waste of time. Suffice to say, I’m impressed, Montgomery.”

She got an unreadable look for her statement.

She wouldn’t have believed it, but here she

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