Love Peter Towsend

Wisdom
Book IV
by Amanda Hocking
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1
Terror ripped through me.
I had no idea where I was. I woke up expecting the familiarity and safety of my
bedroom, and this wasn’t it. It was hot, almost unbearable. Sweat soaked myskin, but I
shivered. Disoriented, I stumbled out of bed.
I tripped over my own foot and fell onto the floor with a heavy thud. Cursing myself, I
rubbed my knee, even though the pain had stopped. I’d been training hard to work on my
strength and grace, and I hated when my clumsiness returned.
The light flicked on in the room. I sat on the floor and squinted up in the brightness to
see who turnedit on Peter stood in the doorway, wearing only ripped jeans, and he stared
down at me.
I finally remembered where I was, but I still couldn’t shake the panic. My heart
pounded like crazy, and that’s what summoned Peter.

“What are you doing on the floor?” Peter asked.
“I tripped.”
“Are you okay?” He walked over to me and bent down so he could help me up.
I took his hand, and when hepulled me to my feet, I noticed the sweat gleaming all
over his chest and his arms. If I hadn’t been so distracted by my own terror, I might have
taken the time to hate how perfect and gorgeous Peter looked. Every time I saw him, I
wished he would get less attractive.
“What’s going on?” His voice had taken on a protective edge that I was
unaccustomed to hearing from him. He’d been working onshowing me his gentler side,
but it still surprised me.
“I don’t know.” I shook my head.
“Alice, you’re terrified.” He heard the panicked racing of my heart and no matter
what I did, I couldn’t slow it. “What happened?”
I bit my lip and pushed my hair behind my ear. He put his hand on my arm, and his
bright emerald eyes managed calmed me a bit. I wanted to tell him everything, but I
couldn’texplain what freaked me out so much.
“It was like a bad dream,” I said. “But it wasn’t a dream. It was more of a … feeling.”
“What kind of feeling?” Peter asked
“Just fear, this really intense fear.”
“Y were just sleeping, and then you were afraid?” He dropped his hand from my
ou
arm and studied my face. “No images that went along with it?”
“No.” I furrowed my brow, trying to remember whatexactly woke me up. “There
weren’t images, but I felt paralyzed. Right before I woke up, I felt really scared, and I
couldn’t move.” I shook my head again, this time to clear it. “It’s over now, and I’m done
talking about it.”
“As long as you’re okay.” Peter sounded reluctant to let the topic die.
“Y
eah, I’m great.” I forced a smile. “Except I’m really hot. Why is it so hot in here?”
“Thecentral air is broken. I’ve been out back trying to fix it, but the sun is really
getting to me. And, as it turns out, I know nothing about air conditioning units,” he sighed.
That explained the grease stains all over his jeans and the smudge that ran just above his
naval, on the hard contours of his abdomen.
“That really sucks,” I said and looked away from him.
“I’ll call a repairman, but Idon’t know how long it will take them to get here.” Peter
ran a hand through his dark hair. He’d been wearing it shorter since he moved, probably
because of the continuous heat. “It’s the drawback of living out in the middle of nowhere.”
“Y
eah, I bet,” I said. “I think I’m gonna take a shower.”
“It’s only noon.”
“I doubt I can sleep anyway,” I shrugged.
“I’ll see if I can find a fan for...