Chapter 38
"Just for a little while," she mumbled, already drifting despite her best efforts to stay awake and alert. Wrapped in James's embrace, with his powerful presence standing sentry, she knew she could afford to let her guard down, if only briefly.
Her eyes slipped closed of their own accord as she felt her husband press a lingering kiss on her forehead. "That's it, gorgeous. Just rest now. I've got you..."
The rest of his words trailed off into soothing white noise as oblivion tugged Lily under. She surrendered to the lulling pull, knowing without a shadow of a doubt that James would allow no further harm to come to her or their unborn child tonight.
Not while he still drew breath.
Some indeterminable time later, Lily slowly surfaced from the depths of an uneasy slumber. She
