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Оглавление“Where can we find safety?”
“The trees,” Ezra said as they ran toward the thicker part of the forest, the chopper too close for comfort.
As she sprinted ahead of him, Clarissa stumbled. Ezra caught her and backed up to a tree, clutching her close.
The noise of the helicopter faded. He was aware of her palms pressed against his chest, and his heart skipped a beat.
“Do you think we lost them?”
“Wait a while longer,” he said. Her proximity made his skin tingle but he stepped back. He knew enough to know that people had let her down when she’d needed them. He wouldn’t destroy the fragile trust he saw in her eyes.
“Ezra, why are you helping me?”
His commitment went beyond responsibility to a client. He felt something much deeper for her. He couldn’t bring himself to say it, though. “Because you deserve better than having some murderer chase you through the woods.”
And unless they got moving, that’s exactly what she’d get.
