Out Of Her League by Kaylea Cross

Author:Kaylea Cross [Cross, Kaylea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2012-07-02T00:48:59+00:00

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He was whispering, things he meant to do to her, terrible things. Laughing at her, an ugly laugh, icy. As glacial as the gray eyes boring into to her. His bald head lowered and his teeth sank into her shoulder... ?

Christa bolted upright in bed, checking her wrists and ankles for bonds. Okay, okay, it's just a dream.

She sagged against the pillows, trembling, wiping the sweat from her face. This was getting out of hand: she had to start getting over it somehow. She would feel so much safer if Rayne were in the room with her. He was only next door, for crying out loud. That warm, strong body was lying in bed right there on the other side of the wall. And here she was, alone and too afraid to go to him.

After debating the issue she got up, grabbed a blanket and closed the bedroom door behind her, wincing at the squeak it made before padding down the hallway toward the front room. Jake's toenails clicked on the hardwood and she hoped they wouldn't wake Rayne as she tiptoed past his door.

“Christa?” he called from inside.

Damn. So much for that idea. After a moment's hesitation, she opened his door. Forcing her eyes to his face, she swallowed, feeling like a lost little girl.

“Uh... hi.” Jake wagged his tail feebly in support. “We were heading to the front room. Did we wake you?” She felt badly for disturbing him again. He clicked on his bedside lamp, illuminating his bare chest and tousled hair.

“Another nightmare? You can always come sleep in here, darlin'.”

Her heart leapt and she hovered there. Did she dare go and join him in his bed? She'd fallen asleep on him so many times now, what was the difference?

There's a big difference, her conscience yelled. She edged into the room anyway and closed the door behind her, intending to make up a bed on the floor. It was enough to be in the same room as him: no need to put herself through the torture of crawling between the sheets with him.

She moved toward his bed, keeping an eye on him. God, he wasn't naked under that sheet, was he? Her heart picked up its rhythm. I won't look, she promised herself as she spread her blanket on the floor, Jake claiming his spot at her feet and curling up.

“That's not quite what I had in mind.”

The blanket jerked as her fingers clamped together.

“Look, the way I see it, if you can work up the courage to come into my room in the middle of the night, you must really have had a scare.” He held out a hand to her. “So, come here.” His voice was husky as he patted the mattress beside him.

No way. “I'll be fine down here. Better for my back. My mattress must be too soft or something because it's been aching lately,” she babbled, “but thanks anyway.”

“C'mon. I promise to behave myself.”

Her stomach clenched. Among other things, she was terrified he would sense her attraction for him.

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