Chapter 44
Horsham awoke as the sun dimmed. He was fully alert, as if he was being hunted, which perhaps he was. He hadn’t survived for so long by ignoring those kinds of instincts.
Jamie was draped across him. He pushed her away. Had they had s*x last night? After the abysmal failure at the church? He remembered feeling so angry about her disobeying him that he had fondled her neck and began to tighten his grip, ready to rip her head off.
Now he remembered. It had turned her on. She had snuggled up to him, wanting s*x, like she had every night, all night. She was insatiable. Her newfound powers of endurance and energy were draining him. But he hadn’t resisted. It had been a very long time since he’d had such a willing and eager partner.
It occurred to him that although he’d broken jus
