Bayou Reunion
by Rebecca York

To his surprise, Chase Melancon has inherited the Belle Vista plantation in Louisiana. Old man Rousseau left him the grand mansion rather than leaving it to his grandsons, so Chase is preparing for trouble. But when Chase discovers that Julienne Rousseau is living in Belle Vista and needs his help, he knows he's in way over his head...

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Return of the Warrior

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One moment Chase was holding a warm and pliant woman in his arms. In the next, she was gasping in fear, pushing herself away from him. Frantically she levered her body off of his and scooted across the floor, putting the width of the hall between them.

When he saw the wild, panicked look in her eyes, he called out gently, "Don't run away from me." At the same time, he slowly pushed himself to a sitting position.

Julienne stayed where she was, her back pressed to the wall.

Slowly he turned to face her but made no move to come any closer. As he stared at her, he felt a wave of tender emotions surge through him. He had been afraid to admit his vulnerability, even to himself. But he had never stopped loving this woman. Never - no matter how hard he had tried to put her out of his mind.

And now here they were, facing each other across four feet of charged space that might as well have been at opposite ends of the earth.

"Chère, it's all right. I won't hurt you."

"You...you got hard," she whispered. "I could feel it - pressing against my leg."

His heart was thudding inside his chest, but he kept his gaze steady, kept his voice even. "That's right. I couldn't keep myself from wanting you. Not when you were lying on top of me."

Her next words shook him to the core. "You think I was trying to turn you on?"

"Of course not!"

He saw her swallow and knew that what she had been through - with the rapist and then with her damn fool brothers - had affected her thinking on every level. He knew, too, that he could lose her if he wasn't careful. "Chère, I'm not blaming you for anything," he said softly.

"Why not?" she pressed.

"You were frightened, and you were clinging to me because I'd just pulled you out of that hole in the floor. And I was frightened, too. At first all I thought about was holding on to you - making sure you were safe. Then...when I knew you were all right, I started feeling how soft and feminine you were in my arms. There's nothing wrong with any of that."

He watched her moisten her lips, give a small nod.

He could see she was hanging on to every word as he added, "Please, don't be afraid of me. I would never do anything to you that you didn't want me to do. Do you understand that?"

"I want to believe you."

"Chère, I would never lie to you."

Julienne looked into his eyes, longing with every fiber of her being to believe him - to believe that the two of them could win back everything they'd both lost. She had come here with that hope blazing in her mind - in her soul.

With a small nod, she pushed herself up straighter. "I knew this wasn't going to be easy," she murmured.

"But you came here. You came to me."

"Yes."

"Can you talk about why?"

I came here because I love you. Because I knew you were the only man in the world who could help me. The words trembled inside her, but they were still too dangerous to speak. Instead, she gave him a quick shake of her head.

She breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't press her. Suddenly aware that they were still sitting on the floor in the hall, she started to push herself up and gave a small gasp....

To be continued...



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