Caught in bed

She had never scrambled up ledges as fast as she did now. Her heart was pounding with adrenaline and Riordan finally pushed a window in and she followed.

“Come on!” He grabbed her arm and started running for the door when they heard voices yelling commands from right outside.

“Go in! Search all the rooms!” They heard the order and she turned to him with wide eyes.

“What should we do?”

He glanced around at the room and his eyes snagged on the wardrobe on the other side.

“In there!” He commanded and dragged her forward.

He shoved the door open and pushed in, hurrying after her and closing the wardrobe door just as another door was thrown open from outside.

The smell of dusty clothes assailed her nostrils and she held her breath, realising that for what felt like the tenth time today, she was in a position with him that she would have preferred not to be in at all.

She held her breath and stared at his chest, refusing to look into his eyes, afraid of what she would see smouldering