To the Rescue by Barrett Jean

Author:Barrett, Jean [Barrett, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-12-19T18:03:59+00:00

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

Like the night before, Jennifer found herself awake in the middle of the night with a need to relieve herself.

Come on, it isn’t that bad. You can wait until daylight.

Wrong. The longer she lay there, trying to will herself back to sleep, the more urgent that need became. In the end, realizing it wasn’t going to quit, she surrendered to the call.

Leaving the cocoon of her warm covers was bad enough. But not as shocking as her bare feet meeting the icy floor when she swung her legs over the side of the bed. She quickly slid her feet into her slippers.

Better, but she was still cold in her sleepshirt. And the cold wasn’t helping her bladder. Where was her robe? Right. In the wardrobe, just where it shouldn’t be.

The door of the tall cupboard creaked softly when she crossed the room and opened it. Her gaze went immediately to the connecting door. No light flared in the gap. It remained dark and the room beyond silent. The only sound was the ceaseless lament of the wind over the moors.

Grabbing her robe from a hook, she bundled into its thickness. Her attention was still fixed on the connecting door to Leo’s room as she tied the belt around her waist.

There was no question of it. She would have to rouse him. After all his warnings, he would have a fit if she went off to the loo without him. Uh-huh, and she could also hear him complain about the necessity of the visit when, after all, they had stopped to use the bathroom on the way back to their rooms.

Well, maybe not. Maybe he would be very understanding about it. But why bother him when she could look out for herself. How much risk could there be in a quick trip down the hall and back? If she was in any danger from the killer, and that was only a possibility, she couldn’t imagine him hanging around the corridors on the remote chance of catching her there. He’d have tried to get into her room by now.

Jennifer crept to the hall door and removed the chair that was blocking it. As careful as she was, the legs scraped a bit on the floor when she drew it back. She paused to listen. Nothing stirred from the direction of Leo’s room.

Satisfied, she eased the door back just far enough to squeeze through the opening. And almost collided with the tall figure waiting for her out in the corridor.

“And just where do you think you’re going?”

Jennifer swallowed a startled yelp and glared at him. Damn. All her cautious maneuvers had been for nothing.

“To the bathroom, and I don’t need you to—”

“Oh, yes, you do. Or have you forgotten there’s a killer loose in the castle?”

“How did you know I—”

“I would have had to be comatose not to hear you moving around in there.”

“So, instead of just knocking on the connecting door, you go and ambush me out here in the hall.

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