Chapter Eighteen
Jacob held the struggling figure firmly against his body. Allie was still cussing at him, but he could feel her body beginning to relax the further they rode. He had been terrified when he overheard Indy telling Allie about traveling through time. His first thought was that Allie might bolt back to Spirit Pass and try to return home.
He knew she thought she would only be here for a couple of weeks. He had planned to court her properly, but all thought of that went out of his mind with the realization she might not give him a chance. It was as if she had built a wall around her to hide behind. She had become more withdrawn since the morning she woke in his bed, and the last few days before they left, she had made it almost impossible for him to get close to her.
“I don’t
