Harmony's Way by Lora Leigh

Author:Lora Leigh
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Published: 2006-12-20T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER I5

“I wanted to save Jonas. She was going to kill him.”

Drowsy, immeasurably sad, Harmony spoke into the predawn light that filtered through the crack in the dark curtains of the room.

Lance held her close against his chest, his chin resting against her head, his arms wrapped around her, pressing her back against his chest and abdomen.

“Who was going to kill him, Harmony?”

“Jonas,” she whispered after a long pause. “Madame LaRue gave birth to him. She cuddled him as a babe and as a toddler. He was given the best of everything the labs could provide, but he was kind. He would brush my hair when he returned from a mission. LaRue always ordered my tests while he was gone. She didn’t want him to know the extent of her cruelty. He believed the other scientists controlled her, forced her to the acts she committed in the name of science.”

He would brush her hair. It sounded simple, a small enough gesture, but Lance heard the reverence in her voice when she said it. “When Jonas captured me last month, his scientist Elyiana had to take blood and swabs. I hate that. I hate the needles poking into me. He came to my cell a while later. He still had the brush he used when I was at the labs. And he brushed my hair.”

Her voice was thick with emotion, and Lance had to blink to force back the rush of moisture as he let her talk. The tone of her voice, reflective, husky, tore at his soul.

“Madame LaRue was going to kill him.” Her hands tightened on his arms. “All but a few of us were ordered to die. The other Breeds in that room, the ones I killed, they had been betraying Jonas for months as he planned an escape for all of us. Even Madame.” A small shudder raced through her body. “He was her personal experiment, and he could never see it. I was her child as well, but only Jonas knew peace within those labs. Only he knew gentleness. And I wanted to preserve the kindness I saw in him. The memory of a mother. Such memories are precious, aren’t they?”

“You wanted to protect him,” he whispered. “Because you loved him.”

Her breath caught as a silent sob shook her body.

“Within weeks, his personal guards, two Coyotes known for their viciousness, found me. He had sent them. Their final words to me were the message he sent. Rogues die. The last words he said as I ran from the room where I had killed his mother.”

Lance swallowed tightly. God help him, he wanted nothing more than to tear Jonas apart. The bastard had no idea what he had done to the child who had risked her life for him.

“You have proof of what she was,” he said then. He knew she did. “Why didn’t you give it to him?”

She was silent for long moments. “There was so little that we had to hold onto.” She inhaled roughly, her voice rasping on her tears.

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