Out of Her League by Kaylea Cross

Author:Kaylea Cross [Cross, Kaylea]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+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 pil ows, 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 wal . 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 hal way 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 cal ed from inside.

Damn. So much for that idea. After a moment’s hesitation,

she opened his door. Forcing her eyes to his face, she

swal owed, 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, il uminating 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 fal en asleep on him so

many times now, what was the difference?

There’s a big difference, her conscience yel ed. 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.

the torture of crawling between the sheets with him.

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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

real y 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’l 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. So, she just

wouldn’t touch him, that’s al . Steeling herself, she slid in

beside him, her back to him.

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