Liberated by KaLyn Cooper
Author:KaLyn Cooper
Language: eng
Format: epub
CHAPTER 11
The minute Heath picked her up, she knew she was going to break. She could feel her strength shattering, one fractured chip at a time. As her mother had taught her, sheâd suppressed her fear and soldiered onâ¦with a smile. Sheâd kept it buried all day, locked tight in a vault that she could ignore, as they played ridiculous games without either of them knowing how close she was to falling apart. When he laid her down on his bed, it smelled like him. His strength and masculinity oozed from the sleeping bag mattress.
She was safe.
Heath was strong. She no longer had to be the strongest one.
He would never let her fall to a kidnapping again. Secure in his arms, she purged the tears filled with fear and the loneliness of four days in the kidnapperâs cabin. Ali had no idea how long heâd held her, rubbed his large powerful hand tenderly from the top of her head down her arm and repeated it time and time again while he whispered soothing words to her. âIâve got you now. Youâre safe. Iâm here and Iâm going to protect you.â She cried herself to sleep.
Ali woke to complete silence and shadows caused by the lantern in the bathroom tent. She mustâve rolled over in the middle of the night because she was facing Heath, tucked into his broad chest. Listening carefully, she heardâ¦nothing...except Heathâs steady breathing and slow heartbeat. For the first time since theyâd entered that cabin, it was quiet.
âThe storm passed about an hour ago,â Heath grumbled and pulled her in tighter. âGo back to sleep. Weâve got another couple hours before weâre expected to check in.â
âIâm sorryâ¦aboutâ¦this. If you want me to move, Iâll go back to my own bed now.â Not that she really wanted to leave. He was big, and warm, and she felt protected in his bed.
âI like you right there.â He kissed the top of her head. âGo back to sleep. Going to be a big day tomorrow.â
âDonât you mean today?â she sassed.
âNo. As far as Iâm concerned, itâs not tomorrow until I wake up,â Heath mumbled.
âBut youâre awake now.â
âNo, Iâm not. Iâm still sleeping.â His big hand rubbed the length of her backbone and pushed her head into his chest. âAnd you should be too. Now, go back to sleep.â She felt his lips on the crown of her head, the protective way you would a child.
She scowled at the thought of him treating her like a child. She was a grown woman. Embarrassed because sheâd acted like a small child whoâd been sent to her room on a sunny Saturday, grounded, not allowed to play with her friends. Sulking and feeling sorry for herself. Bad things happen to people every day. She should be thankful that she was alive and that her father had sent Heath to rescue her. She needed to suck it up, lift her chin, and square her shoulders. She was a Frantz.
Fuck. That sounded just like something her mother would say.
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