Subj: A Return to the Shadows Part 5
Date: 12/17/00 9:20:50 PM Central Standard Time
From: KimD

As Quentin entered his room his thoughts were of Victoria Winters. The attraction that he felt was sudden, unlike anything he had experienced before. It had came over him last night, with almost no explanation. He didn’t know why he felt so passionately about her. She was lovely and seemed nice, but he had only met her a few days ago. He was used to having more control over his emotions. The urge to see her again suddenly overcame him. He left his room and walked down the hall toward her room.

Could Helen really be Angelique? Vicki had hoped that she had left Angelique in the past. Vicki made sure David was comfortable and did her best to reassure him. “Miss. Lyndon will be leaving soon, and I promise I won’t let anything happen to you before then. You trust me don’t you?”

David gave her a wary look. “Yes Miss Winters, but she’s going to get us all, you too. I know she will.”

She kissed him on the forehead and said with a lot more confidence than she felt, “Everything will be fine. Now get some sleep.”

Vicki stayed with David until he went to sleep, then went back to her room, where Mrs. Johnson had left her evening tea. She raised the cup to her lips and took a long drink. The tea was unusually sweet. Vicki walked over to the window, lost in thought of Helen. Vicki wanted to talk to someone about it, but Barnabas was the only person she knew of that knew about Angelique, and she couldn’t talk to him about it. If she gave any indication that she knew his secret it could be dangerous. He had been kind to her before, but she was afraid of what he would do if confronted with the truth.

As she finished drinking the tea her thoughts turned away from Angelique and Barnabas, and turned to Quentin. She wondered what it would be like to be with him now, to feel his arms around her, to feel his mouth on hers, to feel his hands and lips moving against her skin. She was shocked by her thoughts. They seemed completely foreign to her. She had never felt like this before. As if her thoughts had summoned him Quentin appeared at her door. “You came back.” She was startled to see him standing there. He entered her room, closing the door behind him. She took several steps away from him, afraid of her own thoughts and emotions.

“I told you I’d be back,” he said as he came nearer to her. “I couldn’t stay away.”

She looked up into his handsome face and any thoughts she might have had of resisting vanished. He held her in his arms. His lips descended to hers gentle at first, then more intense, filled with all the newfound desire they felt. He started to unbutton her blouse. A thrill went through her at the feel of his warm hands on her skin. He pushed her backward, onto the bed, and she could feel her desire build as he joined her. He finished unbuttoning her blouse. He mouth returned to hers and she slid her hands under his shirt to feel his smooth, well-toned body. A sigh escaped her as his lips moved down to her neck.

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