FOREVER KNIGHTS: #16 To Keep Her

BOOK SIXTEEN of the Forever Knight Series. Everything else in the room stopped the light’s glow softened to hazy gold. And she recognized his movements with absolute certainty. She withdrew around the corner and steadied herself in less then a microsecond to bolt across the room and out the side door to the garden. Her first leaping step was intercepted by a hand around her waist. Turning her in a full circle to slam her back to the wall she’d just fled from. He snarled slightly and rolled his neck and people instinctively moved from the corner without even realizing their instinctual reaction. Without disturbing their festivities. Blue eyes were huge. And her body quaked. He immediately eased his grip. Drawing a long heady breath. “Elsabet…” “How’d you know?” She breathed. “How could I not?” “How?” “Your light.” He tilted his head. “Your scent.” He lifted it to scent the air above her. “I could track you by that…” “Not in a field.” His head lowered. Intrigued. “As you say I smell of flowers.” "Anywhere." He eyed her dangerously. Putting a hand against the wall near her head. She jerked to the side, seeing the trap closing but his other hand slammed to the wall on the other side. He growled in his throat. “What do you want?” She asked. His long unblinking stare was answer enough. “You let me go..." She shook her head desperately. "Perhaps I shouldn't have."