Some Like it Secret (Going Royal Book 4) by Long Heather

Author:Long, Heather [Long, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-26T08:00:00+00:00

Chaos erupted and the cacophony deafened her. Sebastian slammed into her and the air whooshed out of her lungs. He pressed her into the dirt, his whole body covering hers. Someone shouted then a half-dozen men closed around them. Bastian was peeled away and hands seized her then suddenly she raced toward the house, yet her feet never touched the ground.

Ears ringing, she stumbled when she landed inside a windowless room. Sebastian pulled her against him, his arms like steel bands. Glancing up, she could see his mouth moving, but the words were almost indistinct. He put his hand on her cheek, studying her eyes.

“I can’t—” God, even her voice sounded odd, muffled. “Can’t—understand you at the moment.”

He nodded once then began running his hands over her hair, down her face. When he continued to her shoulders, arms, and chest, she realized, rather belatedly, he verified she wasn’t injured.

“I’m okay,” she told him and wished like hell the buzzing ring in her ears would stop. Sebastian continued, undeterred, and only when he was satisfied she wasn’t injured did he drag her close again. “I’m okay. Are you?” When she would have checked him with the same thoroughness, he refused to let her go. Instead, he carried her to a low sofa, then sat, holding her in his lap.

His heart raced like a freight train, pounding as though it planned to beat its way out of his chest. Studying the line of his profile, she found his gaze fixed on the door, jaw clenched. Bit by bit, the pieces of the past few minutes began to fit together.

“Someone shot at us—at you.” She didn’t even realize she’d said it out loud until Bastian’s gaze pinned hers. His cool remoteness melted away. The muscles in his arms tensed and she realized she was shaking. The trembling seized her from head to toe and tears splashed down her cheeks. They’d shot at Bastian. Right in front of her, from a helicopter. They would never have had a chance at the shot if she stayed inside.

He crushed her to him and she held on. “I’m sorry. Oh my God, I’m sorry—” She could have gotten him killed. With one hand buried in her hair, and another pressed against her back, his touch soothed her, but couldn’t ease the violent shaking.

Fisting his shirt, she buried her face against his neck. The warm masculine scent of him reminded her just how close she’d come to losing him. Again. Before—when he’d been hurt—he’d been so far away and she’d been so damned helpless to do anything for him. Her helplessness eventually turned to anger. Today? Today I was right there and utterly useless.

Bit-by-bit, the humming in her ears dulled and the sound of Bastian’s ragged breaths punched through her, accompanied by the sweetest sound of his calming words. “We’re all right, Meredith. We’re secure for now. It’s all right.” She didn’t know how long he’d recited the refrain, but it worked to unlock the cramps in her shoulders and her neck.

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