-MacGregor, Kinley (aka Sherrilyn Kenyon) - Brotherhood 06 by A Dark Champion

Author:A Dark Champion [Champion, A Dark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-19T21:46:51+00:00

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"As was I. She seemed too kind a lady to have such a young death."

Something in his voice caught her heart. "Would you have married her?"

"Nay, I barely knew her in truth. We were together that once and then I never saw her again. It was only by coincidence that I learned what had befallen her."

Stryder sat up and helped her dress while Rowena reflected on what she had done with him and everything she had learned.

Surely she wasn't pregnant. Her ladies were ever after men, and none of them had ever become pregnant.

Even so, the prospect of having Stryder's baby wasn't quite as repugnant to her as it should be.

Instead, a part of her almost hoped for it. What would it be like to have a child growing inside her? To watch Stryder play father to their son or daughter?

He would be a good, kind father, she was certain, like her own father had been.

But with that thought came the bitter reminder of what had happened to her father. Stryder had even more enemies who would like as not relish the idea of sticking a knife between his ribs while his back was turned. The guard's words echoed in her ears.

Instinctively, she flinched away from him.

"Rowena?"

"Forgive me," she said, forcing those thoughts out of her mind.

"What is it?"

"Nothing."

He tilted her chin until she looked up at him. "Tell me."

"I just remembered my father dying. One of his own men had been paid by an enemy to stab him from behind."

Stryder frowned.

"My father was a good friend to Henry," she said quietly. "As you well know, there are nobles who don't like anyone who is closer to the king than they are, and they are willing to pay quite a lot to rid themselves of the competition."

He looked around the stone walls as if his enemies were here with them now. Indeed, it was most likely one of them who had caused Stryder to be blamed for last night's murder. "Aye. Evil does abound."

"I'm afraid one day that such a thing will happen to you."

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