Sam's World by Ann Williams

Author:Ann Williams [Williams, Ann]
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1995-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

“Sam! Sam, are you there?” Marina pulled the shoulder of her blouse up against her cheek so she could speak directly into the small communication device attached to it.

“Wake up!” she whispered urgently. She was terrified. Someone must have learned about MDAT and was trying to steal it, because someone was trying to get into the lab.

How would she get home if the machine was stolen? And what had the bastard done to Sammell?

“Why don’t you answer?” she said desperately. “Someone is trying to get into the lab. Oh, God, I can hear them right outside!”

Sammell lifted an eyelid and sat up in bed, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. “Marina? Are you in distress?”

“Oh, thank God,” she cried in relief. “I was so afraid you’d been injured. Someone is trying to get into the lab!”

He was instantly alert. “I’ll be right there. Remember, you are safe from detection—”

“It isn’t me I’m worried about,” she interrupted him. “It’s MDAT…and you. Don’t do anything foolish and get yourself killed.”

Sammell paused at the side of the bed. “You would be sorry if I died?”

“Yes, of course I would. How would I get home without you?”

“Oh.”

Marina heard the disappointment in his voice and wished she had given a little more thought to her answer. “I wouldn’t want anything to happen to you in any case,” she amended. “We’re friends, remember?”

“Yes,” he answered gravely, “we are friends. Do not worry, I will be all right and you are safe as long as you remain quiet. Remember, no matter what happens, stay quiet.”

Marina sat on her knees, wishing she could help him. She shouldn’t have made him think she was only worried about herself. It’s just that she’d been so frightened that she didn’t know what she was saying.

The furtive sounds at the door intensified. Whoever wanted to get inside was beginning to sound desperate. They must be after MDAT. Her fear grew. What would happen to her if the time machine was stolen or destroyed? Sammell had said that if she was missing from her own time for too long, time would knit a new strand, leaving her out.

What would happen to her then? Would she belong nowhere?

Somewhere outside the room, she heard a loud clatter and the sounds at the door abruptly ceased. Where was the intruder? Where was Sammell?

“Sam, are you all right? Sam? Sam—answer me!” She was on her feet, considering how best to tear a hole in the wall of her prison and go to his aid.

“I am here,” Sammell answered breathlessly, righting the table he’d stumbled into.

“What happened? Did you see the intruder? Did you catch him? Are you hurt?”

“There was only one and he got away. I saw only his back as he was leaving. I am not injured, and he took nothing with him.”

Inside the lab he switched off the energy shield, and Marina rushed into his arms. They closed around her, pulling her tight against him. He could feel the rapid beat of her heart and hear the rasp of her uneven breathing and his own responded in kind.

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