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“What is your nalanced about them and decided to allow the wo toher to stomp down the street in a huff then that was fine by him At least she was quiet for now It was a situation he kneouldn’t last, but he was prepared toher co out of town

“Rose Higginbothah she are of his scrutiny, Rose refused to look at hiaze forward and continued to walk Where she was going she had no idea, but she just couldn’t bring herself to get onto that carriage with hi defeat, but she couldn’t embark on a journey just anywhere with this man Heaven only knehere she would end up He was far too distracting for her to spend any more time with than was necessary She suspected he could charle smile if he put his mind to it Unfortunately, he see for Rose, and found herthan attractive It made Rose more determined than ever to shake him off

When she reached the end of the road, she quickly stepped in front of the carriage and crossed the road

“You can stop following ht up with her

“You know I can’t do that,” Barnaby replied He waited a couple ofher pace a little “Are you ready to get on board now?”

“I told you I a froh clenched teeth

Before Barnaby could reply, a darkened shadow suddenly juht her scream was stifled by a hard hand clah, it wasn’t Barnaby, it was Chadwick Rose fought hard by kicking out wildly with her legs She twisted and writhed in a valiant atteered as he tried to drag her toward the alley and failedwhen Barnaby took hi tackle

“Get onto the carriage,” Barnaby bellowed as he slammed a beefy fist into Chadwick’s face He didn’t waste the tian to pummel the man beneath him so he couldn’t pose any further problem to them

Rose watched in horror as Chadwick landed several blows on Barnaby that forced him to move away When he did, Chadwick slammed a fist into the side of Barnaby’s jaw so hard that his teeth srowled and threw several punches back When he saw Chadwick reach for his gun, Barnaby redoubled his efforts to disarht swiftly turned brutal

Rose saw the flash of the wicked looking weapon beneath Chadwick’s jacket, and knew she had to do so around in the back off the carriage, her hand brushed against a long metal bar with a bend at the end She had no idea what it was for but it was heavy enough to suit her purposes Jued toward Chadwick, hefted the bar high above her head and brought it crashing down on the back of his head with all of her round without a murmur

“Thank you,” Barnaby gasped as he drew in several deep breaths of air Glaring at the back of the man’s head, Barnaby pushed to his feet and took a moment to catch his breath

When he looked at Rose, he realised then just how terrified she was Without a e and just saved both of their lives He didn’t give a second thought to what he did; he hauled her against him and simply held her

“Are you alright?” he murmured as he leaned back to look closely at her

Rose nodded toward Chadwick “Should we take hiistrate?” She didn’t want to touch hier than was necessary, but if they had to take hiistrate then she would prefer to do it while the evil man was unconscious

“Not at the et out of here, Rose He has company,” Barnaby murmured