Savage Redemption by Alexis Morgan

Author:Alexis Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The trip to New Eire had been far from relaxing. If the scenery had been worth admiring, Kat hadn’t noticed. She didn’t know which was worse—the bone-jarring drive along the rough dirt road to reach the highway or the snail pace along the city streets. Conlan must have had someplace specific in mind, but so far he’d been driving in circles, probably checking to see if they were being followed. Although she knew better, it felt as if everyone they passed was staring at them.

When they’d driven past a traffic officer, she’d even had to fight hard not to duck down out of sight, which would’ve only drawn his attention if he’d noticed. It wasn’t as if she were the center of the universe, but it was hard not to be paranoid when she knew there were faceless strangers out there hunting for her.

For them.

That was the other problem. The longer the two of them were shut up inside the transport, the more aware she was of every breath Conlan took, every small movement he made.

It was an uphill battle to keep her attention on the outside world when all she wanted to do was stare at her companion in wonder. Even now, well over an hour since they’d left the airfield behind, she could still remember the strength of his arm around her shoulders as they’d watched the predators flying overhead.

Some people feared chancellors because of their vampirelike qualities, but not her. Kat truly loved how strong Conlan was. No matter how scary the moment had been, she’d been secretly thrilled when Conlan had swept her up in his arms and carried her to safety.

After three years of running and hiding, she’d learned the hard way not to depend on anyone other than herself. Even so, it was awfully tempting to let Conlan’s broad shoulders take on all the weight of her problems, to sit back and let him take charge. Or, better yet, she could just give the bastards what they wanted along with a promise to simply disappear. She couldn’t imagine how sweet it would feel to be shed of all this mess forever.

But that wasn’t going to happen. There was no way the powerful men behind the Dowitar Institute could afford to let her live, not with the knowledge she possessed. And now they’d be after Conlan, too, because they’d have to believe that she’d shared that information with him.

Maybe she should’ve kept it all to herself, but the burden had simply become too much to bear alone. Once again she found herself staring at Conlan as the weight of all her regrets crushed her heart.

“You’re thinking way too hard, Kat.”

He took advantage of a break in traffic to gun the engine, shooting forward to pass a slow-moving truck before looking in her direction. “No guilt, no regrets, Kat. It might have been better if you’d told me everything three years ago, but we’ll never know that for sure. As it is, all we can do is play the hand we’ve been dealt.

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