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make love to her to help drain some of her useless energy. That left only one alternative. Only as a last resort, he told himself.
    "Blood poisoning?" She turned around and started walking the other way. "That metal smell probably means I've been exposed to some dangerous material. It might all have been a hallucination." It did not take her long to scrap that notion. "I'll just have to go back there," she decided. Looking around her, she seemed to see Chance's place for the first time. It was magnificent.
    So, she finally realized she was standing in a historical plantation, Chance realized. "Welcome to Home Place, babe. This place is even older than River Oaks. What do you think?"
    "It must have cost a small fortune to fix it up."
    "Try a sizeable fortune," he smiled. "It was worth it, in the end. I couldn't let a piece of history crumble to the ground. I added just enough updates to make life easier than the original owners enjoyed. Everything else is original to the structure or replaced with material as close to authentic as possible."
    "Maybe I could do the same thing with River Oaks?" Adrienne decided. Chance muttered a loud curse at the idea. "I need you to take me there. I won't be able to sleep until I figure out a logical explanation for what happened to me tonight."
    "I'll be happy to drive you back in the light of day."
    "I can't wait until then, Chance. I never should have let you convince me to leave my car behind. You promised you would drive me back when I asked. Are you going to keep that promise?"
    "After we get a few hours of sleep, yes." The look in her eyes warned Chance he was getting closer to his alternative option of helping her calm down. Damn, he was hoping their personal relationship was more established before this point came.
    "I want to go back now." She really was exhausted and ought to listen to reason, Adrienne admitted to herself. There comes a time when a person has trouble listening to good advice, even when she agrees with it.
    "If you refuse to drive me back, I'll just have to walk there myself." She hoped he caved in because she had no clue which direction to head if she tried to return alone. After seeing the child in the picture, she had gone numb and allowed Chance to usher her here while she mulled over events.
    "You aren't going back there tonight, with or without me." He tried to hand her his brandy, but she refused. Shaking his head with disappointment, he muttered, "Strike one, babe." Then he put the brandy down.
    Pulling her in his warm embrace, he lowered his lips to hers. She was still chilled, but he soon had her warming up. His mouth slanted over hers and he deepened the kiss. Adrienne responded, allowing him more contact. Her hands reached up to his chest in a bid to steady herself. Besides a scattering of hair near his nipples, the skin was smooth, hot and incredibly intoxicating. It would be so easy to disregard River Oaks and allow this man to make her forget every care in the world.
    The shirt he lent her dropped to the ground before Chance started to yank up her top. Her nipples hardened both from excitement and chill. The cold reminded her about Cherice. What the hell had happened to her tonight? She pulled back and tried to control her ragged breathing. "Why don't we delay this until after we return from River Oaks?"
    "Strike two," Chance moaned. Damn, he had been so close. "We have about two or three hours before sunrise. Let me make you something to eat."
    "Why are you giving me such a hard time? I don't want brandy right now. We can always... you know... explore our sexual chemistry later on. The last thing I want to do now is eat something. All I want to do is go back to River Oaks. You can take me, or I'll find my way alone."
    "You're not going anywhere, Adrienne."
    "As if you could stop me." She started for the door then, calling his bluff but unsure of how to proceed. Maybe he would change his mind if he realized how determined she was.
    "Strike three," he