Linked Across Time by Dawn Brower

Author:Dawn Brower [Brower, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Monarchal Glenn Press

Chapter 14

A burn ran up his left side, but warmth spread through to his right. James turned his head and saw Alys asleep next to him. She was fully clothed—but he was not. So they hadn’t done anything improper—or had they? The night before was rather fuzzy in his head.

Alys’s eyelids fluttered open. “Oh good, you’re awake.”

“Is this some kind of strange dream?” he asked.

“If only,” she shook her head, “I’m afraid you went and got yourself shot. Though from the looks of it, this isn’t the first time you’ve been wounded.”

James’s gaze flew down his abdomen. “I was in the war. Wounds tend to happen when you’re fighting against an enemy.”

“Of course,” her voice was devoid of emotion.

“I take it I’m going to be fine,” he said.

“That remains to be seen,” she replied. “I might kill you and put you out of your misery.”

He held back a smile. “I didn’t worry you overly much, did I?”

Alys leaned in closer to him and then pinched him in his uninjured side, hard. “You’re lucky to be alive. Don’t even attempt to make a joke of this.”

He nodded. “I wouldn’t.”

If it had been her lying injured…he repressed a shudder. It wasn’t, she was fine.

“Good, now we can discuss your stupidity.” She sat up and stared down at him. “What were you thinking?’

“That I couldn’t lose you.” He frowned as he remembered what happened on the beach. “That man meant to murder you. I’d just found you, and he wasn’t going to take you away from me.”

“James,” Alys shook her head, “I don’t need you to protect me. I am capable of taking care of myself. I appreciate it, but you took years off of my life. I thought I was going to be forced to watch you die. I can’t ever go through anything like that again. Please tell me you won’t be so careless with your life in the future.”

“I can’t promise you that.”

He wished he could, but her safety would always come first for him.

“Why the hell not?” she asked. Her mouth hung open in shock.

James smiled at her and grabbed her hand. He placed a kiss on her palm. “If you’re in danger, I will never ever let you die in my stead. So as long as you’re safe, so will I be. If you can promise not to court danger, only then can I.”

Alys chewed on her bottom lip. “Very well. I can understand that. Why don’t we make a mutual pact then? I will do everything in my power not to find danger, and in return you’ll do the same.”

“Alys, love.” He brushed his fingers through her hair. “Don’t you know there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you?”

Maybe after they were together for many years to come she’d come to accept that. He would go to the ends of the Earth for her. Nothing—absolutely nothing—was more important to him.

She nodded. “I’m beginning to see that.”

“Good. Now that we’ve settled that, perhaps you can send for the surgeon so I can see when I’ll be healthy enough to leave my bed.

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