Night Child by Ann Major

Author:Ann Major [Major, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373575459
Google: 3n5gBGDOSpMC
Amazon: 0373575459
Publisher: Harlequin Books
Published: 1988-10-31T22:00:00+00:00

Dawn sank down upon the bed, all joy gone from her ashen face, a bitter despair closing around her heart. What had she done wrong? What had she said to him that had made him storm out in such a fury? Why must she always make mistakes with him?

She had so little time to understand him, and she had tried so hard after that first night when he had saved her, when she had behaved like such a wanton and he had rejected her so coldly. He did not want to be chased, and she had tried to contain her feelings. But it was so hard.

For him, to win his respect, she'd endured the desert in silence, even when she'd believed she was dying. She'd ridden the camel for him, she who'd never once even gotten on a horse. Then at Azid's camp, Kirk had nursed her so tenderly, and afterward he'd seemed friendlier, more open to her.

Now it was as if he hated her all over again.

Any time she ever got close to him, he deliberately recoiled, shutting her out.

At last she turned out the lamp and lay down in the dark, feeling frightened, but leaving the lamp out because she was afraid he would never come until he thought she was asleep. A long time later her heart constricted when she heard the sound of his footsteps as he wearily climbed the stairs. It hurt so much that he wanted nothing to do with her.

The door opened and closed. She was aware of him standing in the dark, of his eyes studying the way she sheets molded the lines of her body. Her body felt on fire beneath his gaze. Then he began to undress. The sound of his clothes falling to the floor sent a strange tremor through her.

The mattress dipped with the weight of his body. Though he did not touch her, she felt the heat of him seeping beneath the covers, and she was comforted.

She wished he wasn't so set against her. She wished she could turn to him and cuddle up in his arms. Instead she lay in rigid, lonely silence. It was odd that he seemed not to be so threatened by her need for closeness when she was asleep and would accept her then.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.