The Lost Prince by Dees Cindy

Author:Dees, Cindy [Dees, Cindy]
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Silhouette Intimate Moments
Published: 2010-03-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Katy stood outside Nick’s cell door, staring at the ancient wood in dread. Her heart said not to tell him. Her head told her in no uncertain terms to tell him everything. Except if she told Nick the Army wanted to kill all the prisoners to get him, he’d call a guard instantly and reveal who he was.

Telling him the truth was the right thing to do. The honorable thing. The noble thing. But, dammit, she didn’t want to be honorable or noble! She wanted Nick to live a few more days. She needed a few more stolen hours in his arms. She hadn’t stored up enough memories of him yet to see her through an entire lifetime.

She was being selfish. Worse, she was jeopardizing the lives of two thousand men. She’d met many of them in the course of doing her job. Knew them by name. Knew about their families, how afraid they were, how badly they just wanted to get out of prison and go home.

The choice was tearing her in two. She wanted to crawl into bed and bury her head beneath a pillow until it all went away.

Riki pushed the door to cell 1806 open while her internal battle raged. Glumly she stepped inside and listened to the door clang shut behind her.

Nick stepped forward with a smile that faded as soon as he looked her in the eyes. “What’s wrong?” he demanded.

“Nothing,” she mumbled.

“Bull.”

She froze. Busted.

But he let her off the hook. He leaned back and looked down at her fondly. “Have I told you today that I love you and you’re beautiful?”

She smiled in spite of herself. “You haven’t and I’m not.”

“I do and you are. I love your smile.”

She gazed back at him sadly. “I love your smile, too. And your eyes. And your heart. And your sense of humor. And your honor….”

Fortunately he didn’t seem to notice the way her voice caught on that one. He led her over to the ledge and urged her to sit upon it. He knelt, took off her shoes and socks and commenced rubbing her feet.

“Relax, darling,” he murmured.

She groaned in pleasure as the heel of his hand dug into the arch of her foot. His hands drifted higher, to her ankle and lower calf, kneading away a long day spent mostly on her feet. Inch by inch, he moved higher, gradually melting away every last bit of tension in her body. At some point he invited her to lie down on her stomach and he proceeded to give her the most amazing back rub she’d ever experienced. She was completely boneless by the time he finished.

She rolled over on her back to gaze up at him. The bruises on his face were fading to yellow. Like leaves on the trees, the changing colors marked the coming end of their brief summer together. She knew the swelling of his nose under the bandage to be almost gone. Once the black eyes went away, he’d look almost like his normal, gorgeous self again.

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