A Duke's Wicked Kiss (Entangled Select) by Kathleen Bittner Roth

Author:Kathleen Bittner Roth
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: duke, England, India, romance, Soldier, historical, military
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-08-25T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Oh God, what has he done with John?

Suri sat before Ravi-ji, trying her best to appear calm. She ignored the emerald and diamond collar lying atop his desk. Its golden chain glinted in the morning sun filtering through the slats of the shuttered balcony. While she managed to still her trembling fingers, there was little she could do about the perspiration trickling down her spine. Ignoring the ropes binding her wrists to the arms of the chair was impossible. Judging by the tingling in her hands, they were about to go numb from so tight a restraint.

Ravi-ji wanted her to comment on Shahira’s leash.

He wanted to terrify her.

She wasn’t about to give him the satisfaction of knowing how very close she was to falling over the edge of self-possession and into a sea of wild panic.

Her father’s words echoed in her head—never lose your dignity to one who acts more powerful than you.

A person could do most anything she sets her mind to, he’d told her. Well, she’d set her sights on seeking out her grandmother and look where that got her—facing a madman. Next time she’d be more careful—if there was a next time.

Now she had to fix her wits on not allowing the horror fraying the edges of her composure to take hold, or she would give this man exactly what he was after. What has he done with Shahira? Where is John? Renewed anger hit her like a punch to the gut. The advantage of her fury was that it balanced the scales and kept her revulsion internal.

“You’re insane.” Her words sounded calm, matter of fact.

He leaned a hip against his desk, positioned in such a way that even with her focal point on him, her peripheral vision couldn’t help but catch sight of the leash behind him—the one thing in the room that screamed Ravenswood.

Ravi-ji had not said a word since he’d summoned her, only studied her with what she swore was a lustful glint in his eye.

His mask is off.

Emerald eyes glittered at her from beneath a froth of dark lashes. He lifted a brow. How was it she’d never seen that glimmer as anything but a reflection of subtle humor and a zest for living? But wait—in retrospect, she had grown a bit uncomfortable with him rather early on. It was her confounded determination to meet up with her grandmother that had colored her perspective.

Tanush.

Where was Tanush? He was her only hope. Him or Vámbéry. But while the guard was the one always within reach, Vámbéry remained at the periphery, his tasks apparently counterpoint to Tanush’s. Better to rely on Tanush to get her out of here and to locate John.

“What, no thought of your beloved?” Ravi-ji set down an intricately carved pen he’d been stroking with his neatly manicured fingers and folded his arms over his chest. Splendidly attired in a crisp white cotton kurta and matching pyjamas, the kurta elaborately trimmed in the intricate zardosi needlework unique to India, he hardly looked the part of a criminal.

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