My Runaway Heart
“The room was so dark she couldn't see his face, but when he drew closer, such relief filled her that she thought her knees might buckle.
"Are you daft, man? One hundred pounds and you don't even know what the wench looks like?" a portly fellow shouted nearby, his cry taken up by other raucous voices as hands reached out once more to wrench at her cloak.
Desperately Lindsay staggered to the center of the table, kicking and striking with balled fists in a futile attempt to fend off her attackers,... but she jumped when a deafening blast rocked the room, the smell of gunpowder filling the air. Other onlookers jumped, too, some men diving to the floor to seek cover, the three women shrieking and scrambling in terror from the table while Lindsay gaped at fared as he slipped a pistol into his coat. Then he held out his hand to her, a wry smile on his lips, although it didn't reach his eyes.
"I prefer surprises. Come." She did, holding gratefully onto his broad shoulders as he lifted her from the table, the stunned silence shattered by uproarious laughter and shouts of approval as Jared's words were echoed from man to man.MoreLess
"Are you daft, man? One hundred pounds and you don't even know what the wench looks like?" a portly fellow shouted nearby, his cry taken up by other raucous voices as hands reached out once more to wrench at her cloak.
Desperately Lindsay staggered to the center of the table, kicking and striking with balled fists in a futile attempt to fend off her attackers,... but she jumped when a deafening blast rocked the room, the smell of gunpowder filling the air. Other onlookers jumped, too, some men diving to the floor to seek cover, the three women shrieking and scrambling in terror from the table while Lindsay gaped at fared as he slipped a pistol into his coat. Then he held out his hand to her, a wry smile on his lips, although it didn't reach his eyes.
"I prefer surprises. Come." She did, holding gratefully onto his broad shoulders as he lifted her from the table, the stunned silence shattered by uproarious laughter and shouts of approval as Jared's words were echoed from man to man.MoreLess
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