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Before Rose could understand what he intended, Barnaby slapped the horse hard on the rued into action and began to gallop wildly down the street

Rose gasped when the clatter of the horses’ hooves on the cobbles was acco noises behind them She watched in horror as the uns too

“Get down!” Barnaby ordered, hunkering over the reins Tugging hard, he flicked the reins to keep the horse going and ploughed through the line ofto shoot at them

Rose kept her eyes open, but they were going too fast for anyone to even get near the carriage She squealed when they rounded the corner at the end of the road so quickly that the carriage tipped onto theels When she opened her eyes all she could see was the cobbled street rushing past at terrifying speed

“We are going to be killed,” she gasped as the carriage bounced along and righted itself

“Not yet,” Barnaby bit out through clenched teeth “Not tonight”

The wind dragged the pins out of her hair which tumbled free in a wild abandon about her shoulders, but she was oblivious to everything apart fro to flick the heavy tresses out of her eyes She daren’t let go of the seat for long for fear of falling off it and ending up beneath the wildly spinning wheels

“Will you slon, for Heaven’s sake? We are going to end up dead, and it won’t be Chadwick’s fault,” she snapped Her only response was a loud bang behind her followed by an explosion of brick dust off the house they flashed past

“Stay down,” Barnaby ordered

“Was that gunfire?” Rose gasped in horror She tried to glance behind the was such a blur that she could see nothing

Barnaby swore loudly, grabbed the back of her neck and shoved her down onto the seat when she didn’t do as she was told

“Sit still and stay down” He couldn’t hold her head down, and cursed when she ilare

“They are shooting at us,” she cried in outrage when another shower of brick dust fell over them

Barnaby grabbed the back of her neck and shoved her down again “Stay there,” he snarled in a fit of rate that was uncharacteristic

Rose suddenly found her face pressed against his thigh, inches from his manly parts