PHILIP STOOD IN the open doorway watching Christina sleep. It was opened…ĬHRISTINA HAD SPENT the entire morning trying to avoid Estelle. PHILIP POUNDED HEAVILY on the single door. IT WAS MIDDAY in late September, and the slow-moving ceiling…ĬHRISTINA STAYED AT Victory for a month after her lying-in,… IN THE SLOW-MOVING months that followed, Christina busied herself preparing… THE BRIGHT, CLEAR day was blocked out by the heavy… “JOHN, CAN I talk to you before you leave?” Christina…Ī WARM, FRESH breeze brushed against Christina’s face and played… TWO MONTHS HAD passed since Philip sent her away. TEN DAYS HAD passed since Philip brought Christina back to…ĬHRISTINA WAS CURLED up on the couch absentmindedly staring at…ĭAMN, BUT IT’S going to be another sticky day, John… IT SEEMED TO Christina that she had been running for…

THE PAIN IN his eyes brought Philip awake. IT HAD BEEN five days since Yasir died, and the… THE DAY WAS hot when Christina finally stirred beneath the…Ī MONTH PASSED swiftly by, and then another. THE SUN WAS still above the horizon when they reached…ĭURING THE WEEK that followed the accident, Philip rested in… IN THE SLOW days that followed, Christina and Philip fell… THE SUN WAS just clearing the mountains, taking away the… WHEN CHRISTINA WAKEFIELD awoke the next morning, she had a… SOMETIME IN THE middle of the night Christina was awakened…ĭAMN, BUT CHRISTINA could be a bitch when she wanted… THE SUN WAS high over the trees when Christina finally…Ī PLEASANT BREEZE ruffled Christina’s skirts as she and John… PAUL CAXTON SAT staring moodily out the window of his… THE WEATHER WAS pleasantly warm on this early spring day…Ī THOUSAND TWINKLING stars could be seen on this clear…

Captive bride by johanna lindsey