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and started the engine.
CHAPTER FOUR
They made the return journey in less than half the time
Jake had taken, tearing round corners and over bumps in
the road, jolting and swaying furiously. She clung to her
seat, eyes shut, aware of Marc’s anger through every
nerve in her body.
When they pulled up outside the villa Sam and Pallas,
who had been sitting on the verandah, rose nervously and
came down to meet them.
Marc ignored them both, helping Kate out of the jeep
with impersonal firmness. She shot a glance up at him
and found his face under a tight control again, but the
grey eyes met hers with the glacial expression she always
found so terrifying.
“Oh, your poor hands!” exclaimed Pallas, catching sight
of them. “What have you done to yourself?”
Marc propelled Kate towards the building, his hand
clamped on her elbow, taking no notice of his sister. He
pushed her upstairs and into the large, luxurious
bathroom.
“Sit down,” he ordered, and left her alone for a
moment, returning with a large bottle of iodine and some
plasters. He ran warm water into the bowl, immersed her
hands with the gentleness of a trained nurse, carefully
washed and dried them, then anointed the grazes with
iodine, while he put a plaster over the deeper cut.
Kate held her breath until the iodine had stopped
stinging. “Thank you,” she whispered, her blue eyes damp
with tears.
