Fated by Angela Skaggs Read Free Book Online

and gave her a measured look, saying nothing more. Sabrina backed away from the table and hugged the back wall of the tent as Ronnie shrugged her shoulders and sat down, handing over another two euros, which disappeared quickly into the woman's grimy, well-worn housecoat.
    Ronnie laid her hand in the woman's and tensed slightly, glancing back at Sabrina before turning her attention fully to the woman before her. "A man will come back into your life, one you never would expect, but he is the one you've been searching for…"
    Sabrina wrapped her arms firmly around her waist as the seer droned on.
    Lorelei moved closer, touching her arm lightly. "You okay?"
    Sabrina jumped at the touch, smiling nervously. "Yeah, I'm fine."
    Lorelei looked a bit green around the gills while she waited for her turn. "Maybe this wasn't such a great idea, but you know Ronnie…" Her voice trailed off when the Seer finished her reading for Ronnie and gestured impatiently for Lorelei to sit down.
    Yeah, she knew Ronnie, had known her all of her life, unlike her friends from college, who'd only known the side she showed to the rest of the world. Never before had they had an experience like this one though. Ronnie liked to live on the edge, gamboling through life like she hadn't a care in the world. Having access to a massive trust fund and parents who were more likely to be seen on the society pages than home with their daughter didn't help much. Ronnie Waterston had been raised by a series of nannies and maids, the only grounding feature in her life her friendship with Sabrina. She'd abandoned most of it after college, choosing instead to pursue a career in public relations that had nothing to do with her parent's charitable interests. It'd been a struggle, but using the connections her name brought, she'd managed to build up quite the clientele over the past few years and now her services were highly in demand.
    They'd met at an exclusive boarding school for wealthy children in Wales, two strangers tossed together by random chance. Sabrina's parents had been killed in a car accident when she was five and the uncle that she'd been sent to live with hadn't had a clue how to raise a small girl who cried constantly for the mommy she'd lost. He'd hired a woman to move into the house and care for Sabrina until she'd reached an age for him to ship off to school. Throughout the years, she and Ronnie had grown close, becoming each other's family. Sabrina sighed deeply, yeah, she knew Ronnie.
    The walls of the tent seemed to be closing in on her and all of a sudden not enough air inside for all of them.
    "I'm going to go wait outside," she stammered, jerking open the flaps and stepping out into the balmy, summer night.
    She stood by the side of the tent, breathing in deep lungfuls of air. The shadows were deeper around the tent, and the dark blue top and short denim skirt that Ronnie'd talked her into let her melt back into them as crowds of people strolled along the wide dirt lane.
    Glancing down at her watch, she frowned when the shadows thrown by the tent obscured the face. She stepped a few paces away from the side of the tent, holding it up to the light of the dying sun.
    A hard shove from behind nearly sent her sprawling into the dirt, strong hands curving around her waist, pulling her back against a warm, solid chest.
    Loud male voices surrounded her, seemingly everywhere, the soft night air filled with chuckles and laughter. Spinning around, she glared upwards at the tall man who'd run into her, her mouth going dry when recognition sank in.
    Six plus feet of gorgeous male stood in front of her. Wide, muscled shoulders gave way to a broad chest, barely contained by the white V-neck T-shirt, showing her a teasing glimpse of bronze skin and thick, black hair. His legs were like tree trunks, thick and heavy with muscle beneath the tan shorts he wore. Her stomach did a funny little dance when all the feelings she'd had for him in the past bubbled to the