Rachel Lindsay - Forgotten Marriage by Rachel Lindsay

Author:Rachel Lindsay
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-10-31T00:27:44.845000+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

"Sharon! Sharon darling, can you hear me? Darling, speak to me. Say something."

It was a man's voice and the pain in it echoed the pain exploding in her head.

"Sharon… darling."

Again the voice spoke her name and this time she knew it was Adam. But why was he so distraught and why had he called her darling?

Her eyes flew open and stared into grey ones so close to hers that she saw the darker flecks in them. Instantly the eyes receded and the rest of the face came into focus: Adam's face, pale with fear.

"Lie still." he said as she gasped and tried to sit up.

"The horses!" she cried. "Were they all saved? I thought I heard one in—"

"They're all out," he said swiftly. "Now lie still."

Firm hands applied gentle pressure upon her.

forcing her back; she realized she was lying on her own bed.

"You were magnificent," he went on. "Though why you didn't raise the alarm instead of rushing into the stables on your own…"

"I didn't think of it till I was already there. And then I was afraid to waste time by going back to the house. I had to save the horses." Once more she tried to sit up. "I heard a fifth one but I couldn't find it. What… ?"

"It wasn't there. I rode it over to Helen's a couple of days ago and he went lame on the way, so I left him there."

"You mean I went back into the stables for nothing?"She started to laugh weakly, stopping as he stooped over her, his eyes burning into hers.

"Are you telling me you weren't caught by the fire? That you were safely outside but went back in again?''

"Yes." She was not sure what he was driving at. "I heard a horse cry and I couldn't be sure if you had four or five. I'd got out Gilda and the other three and I couldn't bear to let a fifth one die." She shivered. "I definitely heard it."

"Imagination," he said tersely, "or else it was one of the others. In any event it was a damn fool thing to do. Much as I value my bloodstock, I value a human life more. When I think what could have happened to you if I hadn't reached you in time…"

His voice was raw with anger but she loved every harsh note of it, realising how shocked he was by her narrow escape from death and how much of himself he was unconsciously disclosing.

"How did you find me?"

"By sheer luck. I was on my way home when I saw smoke on the skyline. I drove like a demon, I can tell you, and reached the stables just as part of the wall collapsed. I caught a glimpse of something blue… and…" He stopped speaking, his expression clearly showing how real the memory still was for him. "I'm not sure why I knew it was you. But there seemed no doubt of it.''

"Maybe you associate me with accidents," she said lightly. "But thank goodness you do.

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