Читать книгу The Texan's Surprise Return - Jolene Navarro - Страница 8
Оглавление“Xavier? Is that you? You’re…you’re alive.”
The shock in her voice was clear even though her voice was low.
Xavier’s thoughts whirled. Her voice and the large eyes belonged somewhere in his brain, but he couldn’t link her up to any useful memories. Stuck between confusion and euphoria, he wasn’t sure what to do. “You’re not my sister.”
She gasped. “No.”
He could hear the hurt in that simple word. This was someone he should know, but he couldn’t even see her.
“Xavier.” In slow motion her petite form started crumpling.
He rushed forward to catch her before she hit the edge of the porch.
A heavy beat of blood pounded against his skull, and his vision blurred to the point he had to close his eyes and hold the sickness at bay. But there was a rightness he hadn’t experienced since he’d woken up from the ambush.
Who is she? Should he leave?
No. For that moment she was in his arms, it was right.
He was finally where he belonged…
