Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense August 2019, Box Set 1 of 2 by Terri Reed

Author:Terri Reed
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Kaitlin was growing more and more concerned about Daniel. Surely the antibiotics would have helped him by now. She’d made certain he got each dose on time. And he’d been drinking water, although he had lost a lot of hydration via perspiration.

The fire in the hearth had settled into an orange-red glow and she’d dutifully added sections of split logs just the way he had instructed. The fire must not go out until they were ready to move on, she’d told herself, managing to awake from dozing in time to keep the room warm.

Daniel was stretched out on the couch, his head pillowed on an armrest, the blanket tucked tightly around him, while she leaned back in a wooden rocker she’d dragged in from the porch when she’d gone after a second load of wood.

When he awoke he’d certainly be better, Kaitlin assured herself. Perspiration signaled a break in his fever. Mags had included a digital thermometer but it had apparently gotten lost when she’d pitched their supplies into the truck so she could only guess. Touching his damp forehead was out of the question for several reasons. One, it would wake him. And, two, she knew she would enjoy stroking his brow too much. There was an instinct to soothe with touch that she hadn’t realized she possessed until now. Until Daniel.

Rocking and observing him in the warm glow from the fire, she thought back over the events that had brought them here. Taken one at a time they were unlikely. Together they were unbelievable. From the initial call to help a wounded hermit to the hospital escape to the race in her truck and even the confrontation in the immense parking lot, it had been an amazing adventure.

One that actually began years ago. If she and Daniel hadn’t been acquainted in the past, if she hadn’t felt she owed him long-delayed thanks, she wouldn’t have gone to his room to check on him and wouldn’t have been there when Letty tried to trick him.

Hey, when a plan came together, it came together, she mused, smiling. A soft chuckle escaped unbidden and her patient stirred.

Kaitlin went to him and laid a hand lightly on his forehead. “How are you feeling?”

“Like I was run over by a train and didn’t hear the whistles,” he said. “How long was I out?”

“Seven logs and a little more kindling,” she said. “It’s almost time for more meds.”

“Then it must be almost dawn.” He started to try to sit up, reeled and fell back.

“Don’t push it,” Kaitlin warned. “There’s no reason to hurry. While you were out I checked the storage areas and did find juice. Some bottled water, too, although it probably tastes like plastic if it’s been sitting here too long, particularly during the hot summer.”

“Better that than nothing.”

“That’s what I figured. Can I bring you a drink?”

“Sure.”

Returning with one of the smaller bottles she’d bought herself, she found him once again asleep. The time on her phone indicated at least

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