Redemption (Book Two of the Shipwrecked Series) Read Online Free Page A

Anna worked hard to focus her eyes on Sarah’s abdomen.  She
had never seen Quinn be intimate with a woman.  In fact, she had never heard
him speak of a woman except for Mairi.
    Anna’s heart
thundered in her chest as the idea crept into her mind.
    Is this your
child, Quinn?  Do you love this woman?
    Anna deepened the
pressure of her massage, working with a renewed purpose.  If this was indeed
Quinn’s child and Sarah was Quinn’s lover, Anna would do everything in her
power to save Sarah.  Quinn was already broken from the loss of one woman and
Anna knew that losing another woman that he loved would kill him.
    A deep groan of
pain escaped from Sarah’s lips.  Anna’s touch was torture.  Quinn gathered her
in his arms and held her more firmly against his chest.  He made gentle shushing
noises against her hair.  His touch soothed her.
    “Can I look to see
if the bleeding has slowed?” Anna asked cautiously, letting up on the pressure
that she applied to the Sarah’s belly.
    “Go ahead,” Sarah
whispered breathlessly.  At this point, she didn’t care who looked at her.
    Anna peered
cautiously between the woman’s legs and breathed a sigh of relief.  “It’s
working, Sarah,” she beamed, nodding her head reassuringly.  “The bleeding has almost
stopped,” Anna declared, continuing to massage Sarah’s womb for good measure,
but now using less pressure.
    Quinn kissed
Sarah’s hairline, unaware of what he was doing.
    “Thank-you,” Sarah
whispered, closing her eyes in a combination of relief and exhaustion.  She
relaxed against Quinn’s warm, naked chest and her eyes glanced up at his
strikingly handsome face.
    The planes of his
face were dotted with stubble, lending him a rugged look.  His face was riddled
with concern. He was worried about her and hearing Anna’s assessment that her
condition was improving had softened his expression.
    Rowan knocked
gently on the door and then opened it.  In one arm, he cradled the sleeping
baby and in the other he balanced a mug of steaming broth.
    Anna’s heart
swelled when she saw her beautiful, shirtless husband holding the sleeping
baby.  His eyes flashed proudly to her and he gifted her with a fleeting
smile. 
    He had survived.
    “There’s one more
thing,” Quinn muttered, watching his brother carefully set down the broth on
the table next to the bed and smirking at how slowly he accomplished the task. 
    Rowan was
obviously terrified of waking the sleeping baby.  Rowan clenched his teeth
together in concentration and looked as if he thought the baby might explode in
his arms at any second.
    “What?” Anna
asked, eyes still fixed on her capable husband, her hand now resting
protectively over their growing child.
    “I had tae cut
her,” Quinn confessed, color flushing his face as he thought about how
intimately he had touched Sarah.
    “You what?” Anna
and Rowan exclaimed simultaneously, faces revealing their shock.
    “You cut her there ?”
Anna asked incredulously, hazel eyes bulging in disbelief.
    “Aye.  The baby
was stuck.  I had tae…” Quinn explained defensively.
    “Jesus, Quinn!”
Rowan exclaimed in disbelief, jostling the sleeping baby and then freezing in
panic when he realized what he had done.
    Her eyes flew open
and she let loose a wail fit to bring down the roof.  Rowan looked frantically
about the room, unsure of how to react.
    “Take her!” he
said, thrusting her at Quinn.
     Quinn settled
Sarah gently back against the bed and reached out and took the screaming
bundle, chuckling softly at his frazzled brother.  Rowan was usually so
collected, so rational.  Who would have thought that it would be a tiny infant
that would cause him to lose his nerve.
    “I need to feed
her,” Sarah said, reaching to take the screaming bundle from Quinn.  She
settled the baby and leaned back against his massive frame.  Something about
Quinn made her feel safe, protected.  Sarah hushed the baby and the tiny infant
quieted in her