When the Heart Beckons
““It’s you!”
“Last time I looked.”
“My God ... I almost killed you.”
“Can’t argue with that.” Steele’s eyes narrowed on the bruise across her jaw. “What happened to your face?”
“Oh ...” She let go of him long enough to touch a fingertip to the raw, tender spot. “They ... he ... those men ...!” she blurted in a frantic whisper. Then she dug her fingers once more into the solid muscle of his arm as if clinging to a life raft. It didn’t seem strange at all to feel the shock of relief that was flood...ing through her at the splendid, awe-inspiring sight of him. Gazing into his face and reading the deadly gleam in his eyes, she nearly wept for joy. “Thank God you’re here,” she continued on a ragged gasp. “Mr. Steele, you must help me. Those men ... they’re going to kill me!”
“Don’t count on it. I reserve that pleasure for myself.” Steele thrust her down behind the rock as Curtis, Moss, and Willy bolted into view and charged down the track like a small herd of stampeding cows.MoreLess
“Last time I looked.”
“My God ... I almost killed you.”
“Can’t argue with that.” Steele’s eyes narrowed on the bruise across her jaw. “What happened to your face?”
“Oh ...” She let go of him long enough to touch a fingertip to the raw, tender spot. “They ... he ... those men ...!” she blurted in a frantic whisper. Then she dug her fingers once more into the solid muscle of his arm as if clinging to a life raft. It didn’t seem strange at all to feel the shock of relief that was flood...ing through her at the splendid, awe-inspiring sight of him. Gazing into his face and reading the deadly gleam in his eyes, she nearly wept for joy. “Thank God you’re here,” she continued on a ragged gasp. “Mr. Steele, you must help me. Those men ... they’re going to kill me!”
“Don’t count on it. I reserve that pleasure for myself.” Steele thrust her down behind the rock as Curtis, Moss, and Willy bolted into view and charged down the track like a small herd of stampeding cows.MoreLess
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