Into the Fire [The Royal Wolves 2] (Siren Publishing Allure) by Honor James

Author:Honor James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2013-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

She heard her address. That was all she heard before she had the door opening and was running for the fire. Her house, her home was on fire. Tears fell from the pain of losing her house and from the heat of the fire and smoke.

Throwing the car into park Miklos was out and after her fast, chasing her down. Catching her before she got too close he carefully swung her into his arms and kept her from smacking him to let her go. “Harker,” he said in a low voice. “Breathe, baby,” he told her as he turned her face into his chest, his eyes on the flames eating at her life, everything she owned going up in heavy black smoke.

“It’s all gone.” Her knees gave way. She had already made the choice to be with Miklos. However, she had thought that she would be able to bring her things, her life, with her. She beat at his chest, not because she was angry with him, but because she had to. She was so upset and her head fell to his chest. “Why?”

“I don’t know, honey,” he said softly as he knelt with her on the sidewalk and just held her. Rocking her back and forth he stroked her hair gently. “But we’ll find out, I promise you that.” Kissing her neck gently he hugged her close as she watched the flames and the fire crews trying to keep the neighboring houses from going up as they let her home burn.

She turned her face to his chest and nodded. “Take me home.” She couldn’t watch this. She was hurting with each and every breath of burning air that she drew in. “I just, I want to go home, Miklos. Take me home please?” she whispered.

Scooping her into his arms he stood and carried her back to the car ignoring the looks of the men he recognized as part of her firehall. Opening the door he settled her in and buckled her up. Quickly he moved around and got them away from the area. Reaching over he took her hand and laced his fingers through hers and just held on staying silent as her pain tore at him.

She turned toward him and closed her other hand over his. “This is because of who I am to you, isn’t it?” she whispered. “And before you even say anything, this is not your fault.” She already knew him too well, knew he was ready to accept the blame for what had happened.

“Maybe,” he said to pacify her even though he was thinking the same thing. Someone had done this and it might just be a warning or…“What if it isn’t?” he asked with a frown, glancing briefly at her. “What if it’s the guy that torched the warehouse, Harker? More than likely he was there watching it burn. You’d be a target because you put out his handiwork.”

“You know that is something I hadn’t even thought about.” She licked her lips and looked around, twisting in her seat.

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