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more than anything. She took off, not so fast that he couldn’t catch her but fast enough that he had to work at it.
Justin didn’t know how long they ran. By the time they reached the thinning line of trees that signaled the edge of the forest, not only his lungs burned but his thighs screamed in pain, his calves ached, he had a blistering headache and his feet felt like they’d gained a few hundred blisters.
And his brain was working overtime.
She was going to ditch him. He knew it in his heart. He’d seen it in her eyes in the last glance she’d slid his way.
And damn, that pissed him off. He wanted to stay with her. Wanted to take care of her and make right what he’d had a hand in screwing up.
He couldn’t allow her to get away from him. And he only had a few minutes to make a plan.
So when she stopped behind a large oak at the edge of the tree line, he knocked her out with a chop to the back of her neck.
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Chapter Six
It was a good thing he was a genius, because he sure wouldn’t have been able to make his living as a car thief.
In theory, Justin knew how to hot-wire a car but in practice, it was a lot harder than it looked. He knew he had to take off the cover on the base of the steering wheel and attach two wires together to spark the ignition. But it didn’t always work the first time.
After he’d knocked out his gorgeous fairy— folletta , he had to remember that—he’d picked her up and ran down the two-lane road that led to the environmental center of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.
Two cars sat in the lot—a thirty-year-old green Dodge Dart and a newer white Ford pickup. He chose the Dart, figuring it would have less computer hardware to contend with and its dark color would make them less of a target.
And it was open.
“Guess they’re not worried about anybody stealing you,” he muttered as he laid Scarlata across the huge leather backseat then opened the driver’s door and slid in.
It took him five minutes to get the damn car hot-wired. Every time the engine failed to catch, he thought he heard movement in the forest. Sweat beaded on his forehead—more from fear than exertion.
He couldn’t allow them to take Scarlata. If she were captured, it’d be his fault. She would have gotten away from them if he hadn’t been such a selfish bastard and knocked her out to keep her with him.
He couldn’t live with that. Besides, they’d have to kill him before they got to her.
Finally the engine turned over, sounding like a tank roaring to life.
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“Yes,” he hissed through tightly clenched teeth as he jammed the gearshift into drive and spewed gravel out of the parking lot.
Speeding down the mountain, he pointed the car in the direction of his mother’s house in Leesport before he realized that would be one of the first places Bonnini would send men to search for him. Bonnini would know from Justin’s emergency contact sheet at work where his mom lived. He might already have the place under surveillance.
Shit, they couldn’t go there. And they couldn’t go to his apartment in Pottsville either.
And if he didn’t slow down, some cop was going to pull him over and discover an unconscious, naked folletta on his backseat.
Taking a deep breath, he eased his foot off the gas pedal, lowering his speed.
Where the hell were they going to hide?
“ You are one stupid male.”
His hands jerked on the wheel, sending the car onto the shoulder before he straightened out. “Damn, woman. You nearly made me crash.”
He glanced in the rearview mirror and saw a very beautiful redhead glaring at him.
“Believe me,” she snapped, “after what I do to you, you will wish you had crashed.”
“Come on now, babe.” The grin he flashed her was cocky. “Is that any way to talk to the man who saved your life?”
Her mouth parted but apparently he’d made her speechless. Well, at least she couldn’t turn him into a frog.
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more than anything. She took off, not so fast that he couldn’t catch her but fast enough that he had to work at it.
Justin didn’t know how long they ran. By the time they reached the thinning line of trees that signaled the edge of the forest, not only his lungs burned but his thighs screamed in pain, his calves ached, he had a blistering headache and his feet felt like they’d gained a few hundred blisters.
And his brain was working overtime.
She was going to ditch him. He knew it in his heart. He’d seen it in her eyes in the last glance she’d slid his way.
And damn, that pissed him off. He wanted to stay with her. Wanted to take care of her and make right what he’d had a hand in screwing up.
He couldn’t allow her to get away from him. And he only had a few minutes to make a plan.
So when she stopped behind a large oak at the edge of the tree line, he knocked her out with a chop to the back of her neck.
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Seduced by Magic
Chapter Six
It was a good thing he was a genius, because he sure wouldn’t have been able to make his living as a car thief.
In theory, Justin knew how to hot-wire a car but in practice, it was a lot harder than it looked. He knew he had to take off the cover on the base of the steering wheel and attach two wires together to spark the ignition. But it didn’t always work the first time.
After he’d knocked out his gorgeous fairy— folletta , he had to remember that—he’d picked her up and ran down the two-lane road that led to the environmental center of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.
Two cars sat in the lot—a thirty-year-old green Dodge Dart and a newer white Ford pickup. He chose the Dart, figuring it would have less computer hardware to contend with and its dark color would make them less of a target.
And it was open.
“Guess they’re not worried about anybody stealing you,” he muttered as he laid Scarlata across the huge leather backseat then opened the driver’s door and slid in.
It took him five minutes to get the damn car hot-wired. Every time the engine failed to catch, he thought he heard movement in the forest. Sweat beaded on his forehead—more from fear than exertion.
He couldn’t allow them to take Scarlata. If she were captured, it’d be his fault. She would have gotten away from them if he hadn’t been such a selfish bastard and knocked her out to keep her with him.
He couldn’t live with that. Besides, they’d have to kill him before they got to her.
Finally the engine turned over, sounding like a tank roaring to life.
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“Yes,” he hissed through tightly clenched teeth as he jammed the gearshift into drive and spewed gravel out of the parking lot.
Speeding down the mountain, he pointed the car in the direction of his mother’s house in Leesport before he realized that would be one of the first places Bonnini would send men to search for him. Bonnini would know from Justin’s emergency contact sheet at work where his mom lived. He might already have the place under surveillance.
Shit, they couldn’t go there. And they couldn’t go to his apartment in Pottsville either.
And if he didn’t slow down, some cop was going to pull him over and discover an unconscious, naked folletta on his backseat.
Taking a deep breath, he eased his foot off the gas pedal, lowering his speed.
Where the hell were they going to hide?
“ You are one stupid male.”
His hands jerked on the wheel, sending the car onto the shoulder before he straightened out. “Damn, woman. You nearly made me crash.”
He glanced in the rearview mirror and saw a very beautiful redhead glaring at him.
“Believe me,” she snapped, “after what I do to you, you will wish you had crashed.”
“Come on now, babe.” The grin he flashed her was cocky. “Is that any way to talk to the man who saved your life?”
Her mouth parted but apparently he’d made her speechless. Well, at least she couldn’t turn him into a frog.
Then
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