Zach's Law by Kay Hooper

Author:Kay Hooper [Hooper, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780553218527
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1987-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

An hour passed, and Teddy paced the cabin. The computer had been off for half of that time, and her nerves had stretched to the screaming point. She was no longer thinking of what she had done, that was past and unregretted.

She thought instead of what had driven her to it. She had wondered, in the beginning, how people survived the awful ache of love, and Zach’s physical possession, though blunting the pain, had left the yearning intact. She thought she would never lose that, even if Zach one day learned to love and trust her completely. The thought of it held no terrors for her.

But what did terrify her was the possibility that Zach would go forever beyond her reach, leaving only the terrible anguish of knowing just a part of his love. If he sent her away, or walked away himself, at least there was the belief that she would somehow be able to hold him in her arms again. But if he were taken from her by an act of violence—

She frowned a little, something nagging at her. After a brief hesitation she went over to kneel by her luggage and purse. A moment’s digging brought out the case of tranquilizer darts that Zach had returned to her purse. She held it thoughtfully, then scrabbled through the luggage he hadn’t bothered to check in the beginning. The dart pistol was just where she’d packed it.

Acting on nothing but the need to be prepared, she readied two darts and loaded the pistol, then put it and the case in her purse. Then she carried the purse to the table and left it there before beginning to pace again.

God only knew if she’d have reason—or a chance—to use the pistol, but having it ready made her feel just a bit less helpless. And she was an accurate shot, there was that.

The pacing didn’t help and she stopped, swearing softly.

Teddy shivered, hugging herself for a warmth that never came. She was wearing jeans and a flannel shirt of Zach’s that swallowed her but bore the faint musky scent of him. And she was afraid.

She was desperately afraid.

When the first shot came, she literally jerked under the emotional impact of it. Then she stood frozen, hearing the second shot and the third. Before the last echoes had died away, she was tugging open the door and running, completely forgetting the pistol in her purse. Half a dozen steps from the cabin door she paused, looking around in an effort to get her bearings. Impenetrable forest surrounded her, but a fourth gunshot jerked her to the right and sent her racing, only one thought, one agonized question in her mind.

She hadn’t realized they were so close, and burst through into the clearing surrounding the house without being able to stop herself. Immediately a whining bullet chipped bark from the tree to her left, and from her right, rising with a crash from the undergrowth, lunged Zach.

Between one heartbeat and the next, Teddy

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