Circle of Fire (2014)
“But he was so pale he could very easily have passed for the ghost she’d once mistaken him for. She quickly knelt down and felt his forehead. His skin burned, despite his lack of color.
“Jon?” She ran her hand down his stubble-lined cheek and lightly pinched his chin, trying to get some sort of reaction from him.
He groaned and opened his eyes. The power of his vivid blue gaze pierced her heart.
“Madeline.” His voice was little more than a harsh whisper, yet she heard surprise in it. “I’m sorry.”
Sorry for what? Sorry for being such a bastard back in the forest, or for landing in a bloody mess on her bathroom floor? And just how had he managed to get back here so quickly?
“We need to get you out of these wet clothes,” she said in an effort to organize her thoughts.
He nodded weakly and closed his eyes. “I’ve got dry clothes inside.”
Inside? What was he talking about? She frowned and wondered if, in his delirium, he’d wandered into the wrong room. Yet that didn’t explain the broken wind...ow or the fact that he’d somehow gotten past her locked door.MoreLess
“Jon?” She ran her hand down his stubble-lined cheek and lightly pinched his chin, trying to get some sort of reaction from him.
He groaned and opened his eyes. The power of his vivid blue gaze pierced her heart.
“Madeline.” His voice was little more than a harsh whisper, yet she heard surprise in it. “I’m sorry.”
Sorry for what? Sorry for being such a bastard back in the forest, or for landing in a bloody mess on her bathroom floor? And just how had he managed to get back here so quickly?
“We need to get you out of these wet clothes,” she said in an effort to organize her thoughts.
He nodded weakly and closed his eyes. “I’ve got dry clothes inside.”
Inside? What was he talking about? She frowned and wondered if, in his delirium, he’d wandered into the wrong room. Yet that didn’t explain the broken wind...ow or the fact that he’d somehow gotten past her locked door.MoreLess
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