The Magician's Keeper by Nicola E. Sheridan

Author:Nicola E. Sheridan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Australia Pty Ltd

Chapter 15

Despite the wintry day, it was stifling in the van. Her size, combined with that of Bear Gordon, made the space between them shrink. Dora felt the first flickers of claustrophobia.

She shifted uncomfortably. Bear had leant his head back against the cool metal sides of the van, his eyes closed, as if in a moment of meditation.

She tried to take another deep breath but her body didn’t want to calm. She could feel his heat from across the small aisle that separated their seats. She felt drawn to him, and it was more than just physically. She wanted to break the silence between them, but it was wrong. All so wrong.

So why did it feel so right?

She focused on that thought, closed her own eyes for a moment to try and stem the flooding sense of claustrophobia and paranoia.

She felt the van come to a gentle halt. Traffic lights? Stop sign? T-intersection? Dora tried to distract herself with visualising their route from the prison. They’d probably skirt about the town of Albany, not wanting to risk delay. She glanced towards the Perspex window. The window allowed the drivers in the van’s front to view the prisoner.

The visor was down. Her brow furrowed, and Dora tried to remember what the protocol was for that. Wasn’t the visor meant to be up during transport, to ensure nothing untoward happened in the back of the van? She was almost certain it was.

Not wanting to seem paranoid, she refrained from picking up her radio and requesting it be opened.

There was a hum, and the air conditioning kicked in, sending a gust of chilly air from a vent somewhere behind her neck. Dora flinched.

‘So how did you get this gig? You must have been an impressive recruit to graduate to an officer so quickly.’ Bear’s voice drew her from her thoughts. Dora turned to find him studying her.

She was deeply flattered he even remembered her. Was it too much to hope that he felt the same way she did?

She cursed the silly thought. What did it matter if he did? They couldn’t possibly have a relationship anyway.

Bear leaned in and rested his elbows on his thighs and waited for her reply.

At this proximity Dora noticed a faint scar slicing through the lower left of his eyebrow. The fault, far from detracting from his attractiveness, seemed only to magnify it. He really was sexy as hell.

She licked her lips and wished she’d brought lip balm with her. She needed to be professional. Yet her heart was beating like a moth in a jar and her body was flushing with musk. She swallowed. ‘Uh, just lucky I guess.’

‘You’re modest too.’ He winked.

A soft laugh escaped her throat. ‘If you say so.’ She smiled.

He brought up his cuffed hands to push a strand of hair from his face. ‘We’ve got a long, quiet drive ahead, we might as well get to know each other.’ His words were suggestive.

Dora’s libido leapt into overdrive. She could see the definition of his muscular thighs through his overalls.

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