The Rivals (2004)
“Oh. It was a sleeping bag. Where was she?
She saw what looked like a domed tent above her. White canvas walls framed by some sort of wooden lattice surrounded her, and she was lying on a wooden floor. She’d never seen a structure like this. It was a sort of tent, but not like any tent she’d ever been in.
Her mouth felt full of cotton and she was painfully thirsty. “Dear Lord,” she groaned. “How much did I have to drink last night?”
She sat up slowly and reached for her head to keep the room fro...m spinning. She stared in shock at her hands, which had both come up together. She was handcuffed!
“Are you okay?” a voice asked in Spanish.
Kate started and stared at the girl sitting on the foot of the sleeping bag she was wrapped in. She’d taken Spanish all through school, so she understood the question. But she had no idea why someone who spoke Spanish was here with her. Or why she was here, for that matter.
And speaking of here, where the hell was she?
She squinted up into long-lashed, wide-spaced dark eyes, in a very young, very beautiful face and asked the girl in Spanish, “Where are we?”MoreLess
She saw what looked like a domed tent above her. White canvas walls framed by some sort of wooden lattice surrounded her, and she was lying on a wooden floor. She’d never seen a structure like this. It was a sort of tent, but not like any tent she’d ever been in.
Her mouth felt full of cotton and she was painfully thirsty. “Dear Lord,” she groaned. “How much did I have to drink last night?”
She sat up slowly and reached for her head to keep the room fro...m spinning. She stared in shock at her hands, which had both come up together. She was handcuffed!
“Are you okay?” a voice asked in Spanish.
Kate started and stared at the girl sitting on the foot of the sleeping bag she was wrapped in. She’d taken Spanish all through school, so she understood the question. But she had no idea why someone who spoke Spanish was here with her. Or why she was here, for that matter.
And speaking of here, where the hell was she?
She squinted up into long-lashed, wide-spaced dark eyes, in a very young, very beautiful face and asked the girl in Spanish, “Where are we?”MoreLess
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