Time for Romance

OK - apparently I've been reading too much about murder and hackin' someone up with a sword because you're some elite fighting machine that can't go out in the day. The other day I woke myself up trying to yell "HELP". It just came out as a squeak, but just the same, the dream was quite disturbing and evil...

I woke up laying inside a concrete cave not knowing how I had gotten there. As I begin to move to look around, my right shoulder brushes against something. My heartbeat is pounding as I look over to see what is next to me. I am able to get my whits about me when I realize that it is another woman with a slight build and long dark hair. She doesn't know how she has come to be in this place either.

I help her up and we head toward a ramp that leads up to daylight. It has the feel of the ramps that are underneath large stadiums. It isn't, but it feels that way. As we get to the top of the ramp, we find that we are standing in the medium of a large freeway and cars are whipping past us. My companion points to the other side of the road and says that if we go back underground, we can cross under the freeway to the other ramp and then walk to safety. It isn't until later that it occurs to me to wonder what may lurk under the freeway.

As we begin to descend into the concrete cave, a man smiles and says hello as he heads up the ramp. My companion is unconcerned, but being cautious, I turn as he passes so he is not at my back. I turn just in time to see him kick my companion in the small of her back as hard as he can and say "I thought you were supposed to work" as she begins to tumble down the ramp.

As I turn to fight him, (Yes, I was prepared to fight, not run.) I could feel waves of malevolence (evil) pouring off of him. I have my hands up, ready to go for his face so I can get him down and then grab my companion to run to the other ramp. As I'm tensing up for the attack, I try to scream but nothing comes out of my mouth. I try again with more determination and I wake myself up with a weak "help."

Soooo..... I went with the crazy book, and Shadow Music by Julie Garwood. This is set during the reign of King John I and occurs mostly in the highlands of Scotland. It has deceit, murder (I know I was trying to get away from it), and secrets. Fortunately the romance wasn't too over the top. I think there were only two real love scenes. Definitely more plot than sex. It was a good distraction for a weekend.