Her Sanctuary by Toni Anderson

Author:Toni Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Suspense
Publisher: Toni Anderson
Published: 2014-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Mount Vernon Street, Boston, April 12th

Josephine Maxwell’s silver blonde hair fell down from its twist, making her look younger than her twenty-seven years. Marsh untangled the knots gently with his fingers, tentatively traced the outermost shell of her ear. Delicate features in a heart-shaped face denied the ice that flowed through her veins—making her look as soft and innocent as an angel.

But she was a player and he shouldn’t be fooled. She’d kicked him in the balls a split-second after she’d conned him with those big blues. If he underestimated her again it would be more than his manhood at stake, it would be her and Elizabeth’s lives.

At least now he had her under control.

Drugged.

They’d made it back to his family’s Louisburg Square home without incident and he’d carried her up the wide staircase to the guestroom closest to his own bedroom.

To keep an eye on her.

Sitting on the satin coverlet, he pulled a wide-bore syringe from the little surgical kit he kept in his office. Josephine would escape from him at the first opportunity, but he intended to be ready for her. In fact, he needed her to escape. He was relying on her to lead him straight to Elizabeth.

Heavy bronze-colored drapes were closed against prying eyes. The lights were on, but he was confident that Josephine wouldn’t rouse, and he needed to see exactly what he was doing. Carefully, he turned Josephine onto her front, gently moved her arms to the sides of her body, turned her head to the side so that she could breathe more easily. He pulled up the black top she wore, exposing her back, ready to swab the insertion site with alcohol.

Her skin was as pale as alabaster and she wasn’t wearing any underwear. That was the first thing he noticed. Then his gaze lit on the first scar and his mouth twitched. He pulled her vest higher and saw that she was covered in evil lines of old pain. They formed an ‘X’ in a series of crisscrosses over her back.

Heart thumping unevenly in his mouth, Marsh swallowed and turned her onto her back, lifted her top and traced the pale jagged lines that ran from just below her collarbone to her navel. One sliced the edge of her nipple, furrowing its edge. Desire surged within him at the sight of small pert breasts and a lean soft stomach, but he ignored it, concentrating on something more important. Six scars ran the length of her torso, in long straight lines. Smaller ones flashed across her skin, pearly white in the bright light.

Jesus. He sat stunned and it took a moment to realize the pounding in his ears was blood blasting through him like a juggernaut down a ravine.

He’d forgotten about the report. Forgotten about the fact she’d been knifed, almost to death, as a kid.

Son of a fucking bitch. And he’d wondered why she was so bitter and angry. Pulling her shirt down, he covered her up and smoothed the material at the edges.

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