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Lara grinned “I’ame if you are”

A vibration hu be any worse?” He pulled the a he always felt when Carl’s half of the ao,” he said to Lara

Lara reached for her clothes and Reece chuckled at her “You don’t take those with you anyway”

Lara flushed “I arrived naked the last ti to avoid that this time”

“I prefer you this way” He kissed her chin “Naked looks good on you” The amulet hummed louder Reece stared into Lara’s eyes as he waited for the right in to recite the words that would send them to another time He wrapped her hands around the stone half-circle and covered her hands with his Outside the rooan to recite the inscription The bedroo/Carl appeared in the doorframe Reece didn’t need to look at Carl to knoas him He kneould be there He alas

“Damn it, Reece,” Carl bellowed “I just want to talk to you Don’t leap again”

“Maybe we should hear what he has to say,” Lara said, turning to look at theacross the room

There was another loud crack, and Reece and Lara floated sideways through ti a little squeak of terror Reece was used to this by now It was still aether and rush past at a dizzying rate And then they touched down

Instead of lying in bed between Lara’s silky thighs, Reece found himself mounted on an enormous horse He was fully bedecked in heavy armor, his view limited by the visor of his helht hand His other hand controlled the reins of his steed The person in front of hi to his forearm for dear life He couldn’t see her, but kneas Lara seated before hi his armor rattle, but she seemed unhars, a large black object came at him, aimed directly for his head He deflected it with his sword, his shoulder screa in protest as the heavy mace ricocheted off his weapon

Reece spun his horse around and found that it wasn’t just oneto kill him, but a whole calvary of them

“I think this is our cue to make a run for it, sweetheart,” he called to Lara

Reece spun his horse around again and kicked the anih force to knock hiround He hadn’t seen what had happened, but he was on flat on his back and Lara was being carried off by one of Reece’s foes Naked, Lara kicked her captor, screas, but to no avail Apparently, they were after the girl, but that didn’t mean they planned to leave Reece alone now that they had their prize

Reece rolled to his feet, cursing his ar the brunt of thattumble from his horse

“Are you going to stand there gawking, Ferguson, or are you going to fight with honor?” one of the re soldiers asked him

“Do I really have a choice?” Reece asked, lifting his sword Reece had to fight and he had to win Soht had kidnapped Lara and Reece had no intention of letting her go Ever

Chapter 8

With both fists, Lara pummeled the wanna-be tin can who had yanked her off Reece’s horse and deposited her on his When hitting hi him with both feet Lara didn’t consider how she would respond if he actually let her go The ground raced beneath the speed If she fell, she probably wouldn’t survive Especially since she was freakin’ naked Again

“Lady Eleanor,” her abductor’s voice reverberated from his helmet “‘Tis I, Lord Abbot Please, my lady, calm yourself Your safety is now assured”

“Put lish this tilish

“Hush, own? Did that blackguard dishonor you? I shall run hih with my sword and eat his kidneys in a pie”

She had no idea what her relationship with Reece was Lara had assumed that Reece would be her ally no matter where time took the of a naked wo her Maybe Reece was her enemy here The very idea made her queasy Oron unyielding an pounding on Lord Abbot’s ar sounds as she bashed at it until her hands were nualloped quite a distance fro her captive, or rescuing her—she couldn’t tell which—eventually drew his massive horse to a stop He turned on his horse and pulled so from behind the saddle It turned out to be a scratchy, yet warm, blanket He wrapped Lara in the blanket and settled her more comfortably on the saddle in front of him

“Where are you taking me?” she demanded

“I’et hit over the head?” The love and ran his hand over her skull, checking for obvious lumps She drew in a pained breath when he found one “You’ve a nasty buet you some lanolin for the pain”

“You’re the one who put that lump on my head when you yanked me off the other horse,” she spat “I hit my head on your damned elbow”

She looked up at hiht was her savior, but she didn’t feel like he was And she orried about Reece Fighting eight other soldiers alone were not good odds Also, Reece had the a happened to him, would she end up stuck here forever without him? No, Carl would eventually find her and make sure she returned to her own time to die If Reece died here, was he really dead? Or would he just return to their time unharmed? She didn’t know the answer to that question Frankly, did not want to entertain the thought The thought of Reece dying made her heart race and her eyes burn

“We can’t let hi up at the hel from within the helmet, but could not tell what color they were