A War Within (Epic WWI Love Story) by Katherine Hastings

Author:Katherine Hastings [Hastings, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, epic, military romance, romance, soldier, ww1 romance, historical, military, world war, war, war romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Love Inspired, 19th Century, Bachelor, Single Woman, Hearts Desire, Regency & Victorian Romance, London Society, England & Britain, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, WWI Love Story, War & Military, Allied Powers
Publisher: Flyte Publishing
Published: 2018-11-06T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

HOLDING HER IN HIS arms, he swiped a hand across her face, pushing a piece of wet hair from her eyes. Her cold, clammy skin was freezing to the touch from the icy cold rain and the relentless wind. A shiver moved through her body and he pulled her tight to his chest. Between the harrowing experience and the elements, she was going into shock. There was no way he would get her home in this condition when they were still an hour of hard riding away. Survival instincts and training made shelter his top priority. Thinking hard on his next course of action, he remembered seeing a cabin on his ride through the woods while he searched for her. It was not far from here and offered his best chance at getting her safe and dry.

Auguste whistled and called out for Beau. Knowing the rain and thunder would drown out his voice, he didn’t wait for the horse to appear. Holding her tight in his arms, he pushed through the rain, continuing to whistle for Beau until he saw the silhouette of his soaking horse come trotting from the woods. Auguste smiled, calling the horse’s name and Beau came running up, sliding to a stop beside him.

“Good boy,” he said, grateful for his loyal mount. Beau stood immobile while he slid her body over the front of the saddle and climbed up behind her. Lifting her gently, he pulled her into his lap and her head fell limp on his shoulder.

Auguste pushed Beau forward and he cantered into the woods. His heart still hammered just as hard as it had when he’d seen Chantal galloping back alone. When Isabelle had been gone too long, he’d gone out to search for her and had passed the terrified mare racing back in the storm. It had taken all of his tracking skills to find her and when he’d seen her in the grips of that man... his lip curled in a snarl, remembering the rage that had ripped through him seeing her in harm’s way. The fear in her eyes had sent a surge through his body like he had never felt before. He’d been in many battles, but none had lit a fire inside of him that burned hotter than seeing her in danger. It had raged so intensely he’d worried the soldier would feel the heat coming off him as he’d crept up behind him.

Holding her tighter, and grateful he’d found her in time, he continued searching through the storm for the cabin he’d passed in the woods. The trees gave him some shelter from the relentless rain, but her convulsing body indicated he needed to hurry. When he saw the outline of a small building ahead, he exhaled his first full breath of relief since he’d started his search for her. Auguste approached the small, wooden cabin surrounded by thick woods beside a stream. It would be the perfect place to hole up for the night while he tended to her injuries, hypothermia and shock.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.