Breeds 01 Tempting the Beast

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.She unlocked the door to her room, flipping the light on as she entered.He knew who she was and he probably had a good idea what she wanted, but he still ignored her.Which was likely a good thing.After that little scene this morning, she didn’t know if she could trust herself to keep her hands off him or not.Merinus ate quickly, staring absently at the television as she considered that damned driveway into Callan’s property.It had to be there somewhere.Roads didn’t just disappear.Did they?The problem plagued her through her dinner and her shower.As she stepped out of the bathroom, wrapped in a terry cloth robe, the phone on the nightstand jangled loudly.Frowning, she picked thereceiver up cautiously.“Hello?” She kept her voice pitched low, wondering who could be on the other side.“Is this Merinus Tyler?” It was a man’s voice, rough and cold.“Who’s asking?”There was a brief silence.“If you want to find Callan Lyons, get something to write the directions on.You’re missing the right turn.”Merinus felt elation fill her.Finally, someone was willing to talk.“Do you know Callan?” she asked as she slapped a pad of paper on the small bed table and tugged a pencil from the drawer.“Do you have something to write on? Here’s how you get there.”Merinus wrote down the directions hastily, concentrating as she tried to remember the landmarks he was giving her.She admitted she hadn’t yet tried that route, but it appeared to go nowhere.“Do you have it?” The voice asked her.“Yes, but—” The line disconnected.Merinus took a deep breath, staring down at the paper.Could she get there in the dark? It wasn’t too late.There was still at least a good hour left of light.And it wasn’t like she could sneak up on the house anyway.Throwing off her robe, she dressed quickly in jeans and a sleeveless blouse before slinging her purse over her shoulder and rushing out to the jeep.The turnoff she was given was only a few miles up the road.Cold Springs, he had said.She remembered seeing the little green sign on her excursions to the neighboring county.She had him now.She contained her whoop of joy as she jumped into the jeep and started the ignition.He could run, but if she could find that road to his home, there was no way he could hide from her any longer.CHAPTER FOURNearly an hour later, she was clenching her teeth in sheer desperation as she made yet another turn along one of the country back roads she had taken in her search for Callan’s home.The written directions beside her were giving her few clues to where she actually was as her jeep bumped and nudged itself along a pitted dirt road that seemed to lead to nowhere.Applying the brake, Merinus sat and looked around in confusion.How had she done it? She could have sworn she had taken the right road a few turns back.“Lord, save me from simple minded directions,” she groused.Pushing her hair back from her forehead, she put the jeep in reverse and turned around in the wide grassy shoulder that bordered the track.Surely it couldn’t be this difficult, she thought.Hell, she had never gotten lost in any big city she had ever been in, and now this little hick county was getting the best of her.It couldn’t be happening, her brothers would laugh her out of the nation if they found out.“Dammit.” She pulled off the road again several miles later, looked around and admitted defeat.She was lost.Well and truly and irrevocably lost, and she had no one to blame but herself.Heaving a sigh, she looked around wearily.There had to be a way out of here.Something she had missed somewhere.Getting out of the SUV, she stretched her tired muscles, then paced over to the edge of the road, looking into the valley below for some sign of civilization.There wasn’t a sign to be found.All she could see was the same thing around her, trees and thick brush, and not even the roof of a house or a barn.Not that a barn meant anything around here, she had seen many of them, ransacked and falling down from neglect, nowhere near a house.After looking around for a moment longer, she walked to the other side of the road and began to climb the forested rise there.Maybe, if she could get further up, she could see something.There had to be a house somewhere.It wasn’t like she was in the desert or the rainforest, dammit.People lived here.That farmer had assured her earlier that if there was a road, then it led somewhere.So something or someone had to be out here.And she was going to have to find them soon.It was getting dark, and she sure as hell didn’t want to be stuck out here alone after dark.As she entered the thicker part of the forest, she turned around to make certain she could still see the SUV.As she did, a noise behind her startled her, causing her to turn in fear.The man stood several feet in front of her, his eyes dark beneath the camouflage brim of his hat as he watched her [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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