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Alastair was running after her before he even realised his feet werewrist against his ribs and raced to get ahead of her If there was sole at the back of his mind reminded him he was injured and asked if he was in any better state to fight soht Plus, he had at about a foot of height and at least eighty pounds of bulk on Rainne At the very least, he could stand in front of her and form a wall between her and whatever came at her

The frustrating woman had been back in town all of fiveinsane from worry And it didn’t matter how many times he told himself she was someone else’s problem There wasn’t anyone else around He was it

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Rainne tiptoed, as uardhouse Really it was a one-rooe ornate iron gates The previous owners of the castle had put a s and planned to rent the place out to tourists The main problems with their plan were that the rooet many tourists

Rainne turned the door handle Not locked She pushed it open and stepped into the darkened room It was so small, if soht away Definitely empty

Then a hand clasped over her mouth

She sucked in air through her nose and screamed and screamed and screamed

She kicked out against her assailant Her muffled screams useless

“Cal to make yourself sick”

The voice penetrated Alastair The idiot She sagged back against him as he slowly removed his hand from her mouth

“Are you trying to kill ht was a completely reasonable tone for a woht

On unsteady legs, she turned to glare up at him

He stepped away fro to do You had no idea if soht in What the hell were you thinking, Rainbow?”

“I was thinking you looked like youone of us had to do so, I did it”

“I told you to wait forher jump