Sarai's Fortune by Abigail Owen

Author:Abigail Owen [Owen, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Paranormal, Vampires and Shapeshifters
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2015-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Zac left the lights off as he moved through the dark apartment. His focus was on the woman sleeping in the other room. Yesterday he’d run a gamut of emotions in such quick succession his head was still spinning.

Careful to be a silent as possible, he made his way to Sarai’s door and slipped inside. Sarai lay with her back to him, the covers pulled up to her chin. Zac grinned. They kept the apartment meat-locker cold. Polar bear shifters didn’t tolerate heat well.

On silent feet, he moved around to where she was facing and squatted down beside the bed. He took a precious moment to allow his gaze to roam the contours of her face. When he’d first met Sarai, his initial impression was that she was fragile, weak. He realized now that her delicate beauty and quiet ways hid a woman strong in both body and character.

Heaven help him, she’d tried to save him. Had been willing to sacrifice herself to do it. In Zac’s life only three people had ever done that for him. His parents had lost their lives, and a six-year-old Andie had dragged his unconscious ass across a long stretch of Canada. Otherwise, while he trusted certain people with his life, he didn’t have to. Zac was the strong one, the protector, the last line of defense. He was the one who sacrificed.

He’d promised Andie he’d protect Sarai. When he’d said those words, his loyalty had been to his friend. But now…the need to make sure this incredible woman was never harmed again rushed through him in a wave so intense he felt his breathing constrict. Responsibility was a mantle his broad shoulders managed easily. This was something different. She was different. Precious to him personally.

Reaching out, he gave her shoulder a gentle shake. “Hey, honey.”

Sarai’s eyes flew open. With a gasp she scrambled back in the bed, trying to get untangled from the covers. “Don’t—!”

“Hey, it’s Zac. Calm down.”

Sarai blinked for a moment before her eyes lit with recognition. Relief replaced blind fear. Sarai slumped down in the bed, and she put her face in her hands. “Sorry,” she mumbled.

Zac sat on the bed with slow, deliberate movements to keep from startling her. With a little tug, he pulled her over to lean on his chest, smoothed the sheets over her legs, and wrapped an arm around her. He tried not to think about how she was wearing nothing but a silky slip of a nightgown. At least he was dressed.

“Want to tell me what that was about?”

She was quiet so long he wondered if she would. He could feel the tap of her fingers against his chest. He didn’t say anything. Didn’t rush her.

“Kyle managed to get me in my room alone. Once. I woke up to find him standing over my bed.

Zac tightened his grip on her but kept the violent thoughts in his head to himself. “What’d you do?”

“I faked a vision that the child resulting from that night would eventually overthrow and kill him.

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