Prelude to Love (1983)
“When the spots moved ever so little, she jumped back as though on a string, with no consciousness that she did it. There was a blur of swaying drapery, then a large pair of shoulders moved in the faint light from the window, moved swiftly to place themselves behind her. A hand was clamped over her mouth; the other arm went around her waist, pulling her firmly back against a man's chest. He had been there all the time, hiding behind the curtain, to attack her. He had even watched her change her ...clothing.
She was nearly as angry as she was frightened, but with a sudden, vivid memory of Harvey's bloody face and bruised body and his ominous warning of what fate Kiley might visit on a woman, fear soon overtook all other emotions. She thought her heart would stop, as she stood, locked against him. There was not a sound in the room but his rapid breathing and her own, till a particularly loud snore erupted through Elleri's adjoining door, to tell her how much help her aunt was likely to be in her hour of dire need.MoreLess
She was nearly as angry as she was frightened, but with a sudden, vivid memory of Harvey's bloody face and bruised body and his ominous warning of what fate Kiley might visit on a woman, fear soon overtook all other emotions. She thought her heart would stop, as she stood, locked against him. There was not a sound in the room but his rapid breathing and her own, till a particularly loud snore erupted through Elleri's adjoining door, to tell her how much help her aunt was likely to be in her hour of dire need.MoreLess
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