Drago could almost hear Eva’s heart pounding while she tied the bandage around Gibb’s hand. A small vein in her temple throbbed madly. By the firm set of her beautiful pink mouth, Pakenham’s orders vexed her as much as they did him.
Still, she’d not acknowledged him since she first noticed his presence, and it took all his inner fortitude to refrain from swooping her into his arms and clutching her to his chest in relief. God, to breathe her in now would likely destroy him. But with her so close and so untouchable, tiny fissures in his heart splintered off with every tick of the clock.
How did they get behind the battle line? Where was Julian and Raul?
Something happened. His gut clenched at the thought of Eva and Jacqueline unprotected and at the mercy of the British army. Raul would n
