The Legacy
Chapter One
Noah woke suddenly as if someone had pinched him awake. Pain washed through him
in a slow agonizing roll. He sucked in a breath then let it out with the least
amount of effort. His ribs hurt, but he vaguely remembered the doctor telling
him nothing was broken.
That in itself was a miracle. He'd lived through worse, but it had been a hell
of a beating. There wasn't much on him that didn't ache or throb. He rubbed his
eyes gently to clear away the sleep.
He smelled Rosalyn. Her natural clean scent seemed to be permanently stuck in
his nose. The memory of a cat licking his face and Rosalyn standing over him in
the alley made him sit upright in the bed. His breath left his body in a whoosh
as every piece of him reminded him quite painfully that he couldn't and
shouldn't move that fast.
Rosalyn had been there, in the alley. He remembered now. She'd had a calico cat
with her that meowed like a little coyote. The rest of it was a bit of a blur,
but she had saved him.
By his estimate it must've been the middle of the day, but someone had hung a
blanket over the window to b ... read full excerpt from: The Legacy ebook
