Chapter 29

“Damn it, we’re getting nowhere like this!”

She barely heard Nicholas’ impatient exclamation before it was carried away on the howling wind, so she was totally unprepared when he turned to swing her up into his arms and hold her close against his chest as he walked more determinedly towards the lights of the inn.

Caroline’s arms were thrown about his neck as she burrowed her face against him to shelter from the icy-cold wind. Even the dampness of his coat was more comfortable than the burning in her throat as she tried to breathe through that frosty battering. Incredible to think that, although it had been cold, the sun had actually been trying to shine when they’d left earlier this morning; it was like being in another world.

What would happen to them if Nicholas couldn’t make it as far as the inn? Her arms tightened about his neck as she laced her frozen fingers tightly together. She should have thought to wear gloves. And a hat.

“Almost there!” Nicholas ra