Heart's Thief by Emma Prince

Author:Emma Prince
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2016-09-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

All day Sabine had been acutely aware of Colin’s hard form pressed against her atop Ruith’s back.

All day she’d felt tension radiating from him just as strongly as his clean, piney scent, which clouded her thoughts with its masculine pull.

And all day she’d cursed herself for a damned fool.

This was exactly what Fabian had warned her about. If she lowered her guard, surrendered to her desire, and gave up her body to a man, he would use her and then discard her.

Fabian had been right. How stupid Sabine had been to waver in her loyalty and obedience to him. Aye, Fabian frightened her sometimes, and even hurt her when he was in one of his moods. Yet he had never turned his back on her, as Colin had after giving her the most exquisite pleasure she’d ever known.

Thank God she hadn’t surrendered everything to Colin. Mayhap if she had given him her innocence, he would be far worse than cold and distant now. Mayhap he would at last torture her, beat her, carve answers out of her flesh with her own dagger, which he still withheld in his saddlebag.

Even as the dark thought skittered across her mind, a soft, chiding voice rose against it.

Colin had already had every reason, every opportunity, to hurt her. Yet he hadn’t. She was his enemy, his captive, yet he had never once raised a hand against her, as Fabian did even at her slightest falter.

Something real, something frighteningly true had passed between them by the river that morning. She’d seen it in his sea-blue eyes as he’d held her rapt with his gaze, his touch. She’d seen it in the satisfaction he’d taken from her pleasure and the fulfillment of his own need.

But then he’d turned away, that stone wall dropping around him once again. Sabine tried for the hundredth time that day to swallow the burning hurt that rose from her chest into her throat, but try as she might, she could not dislodge the pain of his sudden distance.

She was being abandoned all over again, just like when she was a child. Only this time, Fabian wasn’t here to rescue her. She was truly alone now.

She doubted God listened to her anymore, but she sent a silent prayer from her heart anyway.

Please God, help me see the truth.

By the time Colin reined Ruith to a halt next to a little stream tucked between two thickly wooded hills, Sabine’s whole body was in knots of confusion. Though the day had started out sunny and warm, threatening clouds had moved in from the west. The air now hung heavy with the promise of yet another fierce storm as evening approached.

“We are almost to Portpatrick,” Colin said as he swung down from the saddle.

He reached for her waist, but she shied away from his touch, keeping her eyes downcast. After a long pause, he let his hands drop and stepped back, giving her space to awkwardly fumble her way down from the enormous stallion’s back.

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