He was not going to get to kiss her and she was not going to make herself cheap. Bruce had taught her that. It was dangerous to succumb to male magic even when the silvery moonlight was adding to that magic and a sheen hung on the evening air. Giles was too close, towering beside her. ...
The afternoon had been mentally tiring and the surfeit of fresh sea air had made her sleepy. She did not want any supper but required her usual milk and biscuits later on. Daniel came into the kitchen and started wandering around, poking into things and opening drawers and...
He had a pal in Derby, another mate apparently, tops for fingerprints. Then he turned his attention to Fancy. She was paralyzed with fright. She stood on the path, in the growing dark, halfway to the conference hall, barely hearing what Fergus was saying to her. ‘It’s time...
I felt for a pulse in her neck. It was faint but it was there. I didn’t touch the umbrella. ‘Where’s your phone?’ I said to Maddy. I’d left my bag under the bar. But she was still screaming hysterically, unable to do anything except open her mouth. I pulled her back into t...