Laura jerked free from her brother and spun back. "What in the hell?"

A second swing of the umbrella knocked her off her feet. She hit the floor with a cry, skidding through the doorway into the next room. Warren waved the broken umbrella menacingly, then threw it aside with a snarl and lunged for the book in Belle's hands. "I don't know where the hell you came from, but you better give me that."

She deftly hopped aside, the volume held above her head like a game of ...