Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (49 page)

F
leei
ng
t
hrough
t
he
r
ai
ns
t
o
r
m
e
d
n
i
gh
t
,
she
t
r
ie
d
t
o
p
ee
r
t
hrough
t
he
pour
i
ng
r
ai
n.
She h
a
d
gone
s
o
m
e
d
i
s
ta
n
c
e
wh
e
n
she
g
a
sp
e
d
for
br
eat
h.
Lea
n
i
ng
a
g
ai
nst
a
br
ic
k
bu
il
d
i
ng,
s
he h
a
dn’t
a
cl
ue
wh
e
re
she
h
a
d
run.
C
la
sp
i
ng
h
e
r
s
i
de
a
g
ai
nst
t
he
p
ai
n,
she
b
li
nk
e
d
a
w
a
y
t
he w
ate
r
s
t
r
ea
m
i
ng
down
h
e
r
f
ace
,
not
know
i
ng
wh
et
h
e
r
i
t
w
a
s
t
he
r
ai
n
or
tea
rs.

Sudd
e
n
l
y
a
h
a
nd
gr
a
sp
e
d
h
e
r
s
hou
l
d
e
r…

“
R
e
b
e
k
a
h!”
J
on
at
h
a
n
fought
t
he
w
i
nd.
Doub
ti
ng
she
c
ou
l
d
h
ea
r
h
i
m
,
he
i
gnor
e
d
t
he p
elle
t
i
ng
r
ai
n
a
nd
rush
e
d
forw
a
rd,
gr
a
bb
i
ng
h
e
r
a
r
m
.
In
one
sw
i
ft
m
o
ti
on,
he
s
w
i
r
le
d
h
e
r
a
round
t
o
f
ac
e
h
i
m
.

Ins
ta
n
t
l
y
,
a
l
ook
of
s
h
ee
r
te
rror
s
w
e
pt
ac
ross
h
e
r
f
ace
.
S
l
ow
l
y
, r
ec
ogn
iti
on
f
l
ood
e
d h
e
r.
S
he
gr
i
pp
e
d
ti
gh
t
l
y
t
o
h
i
s
a
r
m
.
“
O
h,
Jon
at
h
a
n!”

T
he
n
e
xt
m
o
m
e
nt
s
he
c
o
lla
ps
e
d
i
n
t
o
h
i
s
a
r
m
s.
H
e
w
a
s
te
d
no
ti
m
e
, but
ca
rr
ie
d
h
e
r down
t
he
s
t
r
ee
t
i
n
t
o
t
he
w
aiti
ng
ca
rr
ia
g
e
.
A
la
rge
b
lac
k
m
a
n
qu
ic
k
l
y
op
e
n
e
d
t
he
ca
rr
ia
ge door
for
Jon
at
h
a
n.
“
Is
s
h
e
…
?
”

“
S
h
e
’s
f
i
n
e
.
S
he
h
a
s
on
l
y
j
ust
f
ai
n
te
d…”

“
J
a
sp
e
r,
Dr.
Corb
ett
,
J
a
sp
e
r,”
t
he
o
l
d
m
a
n
s
ai
d
a
nd
cl
os
e
d
t
he
ca
rr
ia
g
e
’s
door,
but
not b
e
fore
J
on
at
h
a
n
h
ea
rd
t
he
s
e
rv
a
nt
u
tte
r,
“T
h
a
nk
t
he
good
L
ord.”

Jon
at
h
a
n
w
r
a
pp
e
d
a
b
la
nk
e
t
a
round
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
wh
il
e
he
f
el
t
t
he
w
h
eel
s
of
t
he
ca
rr
ia
ge
m
ove
b
e
n
eat
h
h
i
m
.
He
dr
e
w
h
e
r
i
n
t
o
h
i
s
a
r
m
s
a
nd
i
ns
ti
n
cti
v
el
y
,
she
n
e
s
tle
d
i
n
t
o
h
i
m
.
He s
t
rok
e
d
h
e
r
h
ea
d.
As
m
u
c
h
a
s
she
cla
i
m
e
d
s
he
h
a
d
c
h
a
ng
e
d,
s
he
s
til
l
i
nsp
i
r
e
d
l
ove
a
nd
l
o
y
a
l
t
y
i
n
t
o
t
hose
a
round
h
e
r.

T
he
w
i
nd
p
ic
k
e
d
up,
s
h
a
k
i
ng
t
he
ca
rr
ia
g
e
;
t
he
r
ai
n
pound
e
d
h
a
rd
e
r.
He
w
a
s
dr
e
n
c
h
e
d
a
nd
s
o
a
k
e
d.
S
t
r
a
ng
e
—w
a
r
m
t
h spr
ea
d
t
hrough
h
i
m
he
h
a
dn’t
f
el
t
i
n
y
e
a
rs.