Chapter 25

To Laney's astonishment he eased back and assisted her from the bed with a hand on her elbow. She tried to jerk back from him, but he retained a tight hold on her. He picked up his leather coat from the couch and pulled it over Laney's shoulders. She would have laughed if she'd been in the mood. It swam around her, the sleeves reaching well past her hands and the bottom nearly to her knees. It was beyond heavy.

"I can't wear this," she protested when he turned her to face him and zipped it up the front. "I look ridiculous!"

She lifted her arms and tried to pull her hands out, but couldn't. She frowned up at Boris in disbelief but he gazed back unrelentingly. "You want to go outside, you wear this. I have been through your clothing and you have nothing appropriate for weather. Is still raining. You were lucky not to catch cold when I found you before," he grumbled disapprovingly.