Darkness Before the Dawn by Stuart Anne

Author:Stuart, Anne [Stuart, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: mobi, Romantic Suspense, Maggie Bennett, Fiction, Romance, contemporary romance, General, epub
ISBN: 9780440158769
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co.
Published: 1987-03-15T07:00:00+00:00

twelve

Gemansk hadn’t changed in the last six years; it was still the same depressing, gray industrial town, full of downtrodden, beaten people with lost eyes and pale faces. The moment Maggie stepped off the airplane onto the pitted tarmac, depression settled in around her. Randall strode beside her, and she spared a furtive, curious glance up at him. He was clearly lost in his own thoughts; his face was shuttered and closed. But that was nothing unexpected—he’d never been a man with open emotions. His blue-gray eyes were hooded, and his mouth a thin, grim line. She looked at that mouth, remembering the brief moment of hateful, unwanted passion on her sister’s couch the night before, and looked away, to the squat, cinder-block building that housed the airport. With every ounce of effort she had, she tried to bring forth the memory of Mack, with his smiling eyes and warm, laughing mouth. But he was fading, leaving her almost more bereft now than his actual death had, and she knew with a desperate certainty that there would be a time when she would reach out for his memory and try to summon him back, and he’d be gone beyond reach, leaving her to Randall’s tender mercies.

“I don’t suppose you made any arrangements,” she said, her voice cold and cranky.

Randall roused himself from his abstraction long enough to smile at her. That smile wasn’t reassuring. “What caused this charming mood? You slept almost the entire trip.”

Actually, she hadn’t. She’d curled up into the cramped, uncomfortable seat that Slovak Airlines considered first class and had shut her eyes rather than have to make conversation with Randall. She’d drifted off for an hour or two as they soared above the clouds, only to wake up with her hand clutching Randall’s immaculate shirt-sleeve. She’d released him immediately, pulling back, and he’d said nothing; he’d merely brushed at the creased linen with an absent hand.

“Jet lag,” she said dourly now.

He nodded. “You’ll feel worse later.”

“Reassuring,” she muttered.

“I try to be helpful. May I remind you, Maggie dear, that you weren’t invited on this particular expedition?”

“Then why did you buy me a ticket?”

“I saw you lurking behind me trying to be inconspicuous, and I knew if I had you shadowing me, you’d be even more obtrusive.”

“Damn you, Randall! I know how to shadow someone!” she said furiously.

“You’re out of practice. And time and the current situation are too important to risk while you relearn your trade.”

“Did anyone ever tell you that you are an unpleasant, condescending bastard?” Maggie inquired in a polite tone of voice.

“Many times.” Again that faint smile flitted across his face. “Among other, less complimentary things. My heart isn’t breaking.”

“You don’t have a heart.”

He stopped dead on the tarmac, just outside the door to the airport, and Maggie careened into him. His long, hard fingers caught her arms. There was no gentleness in him. His bleak eyes looked down into her defiant ones, and his thin mouth curled into what might have been contempt.

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