CHAPTER SIX
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THE LIGHT OF THE DAY teased her eyelashes, and Darcy woke up dizzy and confused. She didn’t know where she was. Fear, her omnipresent and faithful companion, joined her again. The woman grabbed the edge of the blanket with shaky fingers.
She looked around, searching for enemies. Her widened eyes tried to identify anything that she could use as a weapon.
Darcy still shook when everything came back to her. She remembered where she was and how she got there.
The young woman couldn’t explain why, but peace filled her when Nick’s image popped into her mind. However, Darcy knew that she shouldn’t relax in his presence. She didn’t know the slightest thing about her bear of a host or what she could expect from him.
Darcy didn’t know what to think about the man. She had n
