A feeling arose in him, telling him to protect her at all costs.

So many people had cursed at him for being cruel and cold-hearted in the past, yet none of them would ever imagine that right now, he would have such a strong urge to protect a woman.

"Don't worry," he assured her, "what you feared didn't happen last night. I managed to stop it just in time when I got there."

So... he really had saved her!

Serenity raised her head and stared bewilderedly at the face that was merely inches away from hers and asked, "But how did you get there in time to save me?"

He had not even gone to town with her yesterday!

"Have you forgotten?" He smiled gently. "You called me, so I managed to rush there just in time."

But it was just a call! How had he managed to get there in time to save her when he was almost a hundred miles away?!

Serenity's heart was suddenly filled with an inexplicable shock.

As he spoke, he carried her back onto the bed and carefully tucked her under the blanket before