Free Saved by My Blackguard (Linked Across Time Book 1) by Dawn Brower Page A

Was he in 1987? Had the storm taken him instead of Paul?
    Percy picked up the cutlass and stalked toward them.
    “You’re not going to hurt her.” Paul held Evelyn tight in his embrace.
    “I will and once she’s dead you’ll see her for what she is.”
    Paul stepped back, continuing to hold Evelyn in his embrace. Percy lunged forward. The wind picked up again spinning around them. Percy fought it to get to Evelyn and Paul. He tripped trying to get to them. The cutlass slid into his thigh spurting blood in every direction. From the amount of blood coming out of Percy’s thigh Paul assumed he’d hit his femoral artery. There was too much blood to believe anything else. Percy wasn’t going to live through such a devastating injury.
    The strong wind knocked the breath right out of Paul. Through it all he never let go of Evelyn. It pushed at them until he couldn’t see anything anymore. If he was about to die at least he got to do it with the love of his life. It was his last thought before he thought no more.
    ***
    The sun burned. He didn’t want to open his eyes. What had he had to drink? There had to be an explanation for the infernal beating inside his head. The last time he’d felt this bad was the one and only time he’d gotten hammered.
    Then he remembered and leaped forward. “Evelyn!”
    “Don’t shout. You’re hurting my head.”
    He looked over and saw her lying in the sand next to him, her hands wrapped around her head. Time travel didn’t appear to agree with either one of them. It gave him a whopping headache and by her body language he’d guess she was experiencing something similar. He glanced across the beach and realized they were in his time, at the hotel he was staying at on the island.
    He stood up and helped her to her feet. “Do you know where we are?”
    She looked around. Her eyes widened as she caught sight of the large hotel behind her. It was massive and as lavish as Port Royal had to offer. His assistant made sure he had the best of the best for his vacation, including his own suite and every amenity available.
    “Are we where I think we are?” She raised an eyebrow.
    “If you mean my time then you’re correct.”
    He couldn’t wait to show her everything and start their life together. He wished and wished he could bring her back with him. Now he had her where he wanted her. They’d escaped death and he wasn’t about to take the gift he’d been given for granted.
    “I love you.”
    He’d never loved anyone before. Not in the way he did Evelyn. Something he couldn’t get enough of or fully believe.
    “I love you too,” she said.
    He only had one question left for her.
    “Will you marry me?”
    Evelyn stared down at him. Her mouth set in a firm line. She tapped her chin as she considered his question. If she didn’t answer him soon he’d go crazy. The wench was doing it on purpose to make him think she could say no. Surely she wouldn’t do that do them. He knew she loved him and the next step was marriage.
    “I will on one condition.”
    He grinned, how had he ever doubted she might say no? “Anything”
    “Please tell me you can take me somewhere I can have a proper bath. I’m done with roughing it. I wasn’t made for the hard life.”
    He laughed and pulled her into his arms. She had no idea what luxuries he had in store for her. She’d never want for anything ever again. They’d get married before they left. He just had to make a few phone calls to get her legal paperwork. They couldn’t travel until she had proper identification. Once they got to back to New York he didn’t want anything getting between them.
    “That’s a promise I can keep.”
    And he did, Paul kept every promise he ever made her.

 
    SAVED BY MY BLACKGUARD

    EPILOGUE
    Five years later…
     
    Evelyn stared down at her beautiful infant daughter and sighed with contentment. Her life with Paul had been perfect from the moment they met. Being in his world only made their love shine