A Forbidden Love Novella Series Box Set One: Four Novellas in One Book by Bree Wolf

Author:Bree Wolf [Wolf, Bree]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2017-05-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six − A Sleigh Ride

The next morning came faster than expected, and to William’s surprise and (grudging) delight, his wife decided to leave before breakfast. Sad eyes met his as she told him that she did not feel hungry at all and would rather get an early start.

While the footmen loaded the luggage onto the carriage, Catherine and Wesley said their goodbyes. Standing off to the side, his wife hugged her sister and silent words were exchanged before she once more turned to him.

“Goodbye, William,” she whispered, her voice once again barely audible as though she didn’t have the strength to speak louder. “Please,” she swallowed, “please do your utmost to remember…me.”

Unable to meet her eyes, William nodded, then offered her his arm and escorted her down the front stoop and into the waiting carriage. With a hint of disappointment, he noticed that the touch of her arm looped through his didn’t stir any feelings of recognition, of familiarity, let alone a spark of passion.

As he stepped back, his brother gave him an affectionate hug, then slapped his shoulder, a devilish grin on his face that had William puzzled. “I know that you remembered something,” he whispered. “I saw it in your eyes yesterday.”

William tensed.

“Don’t worry,” Wesley chuckled. “I will not say a word to your wife, but I am glad that Christine has found a way to help you after all. Whatever she said, it must have stirred something within you.” He nodded. “There is hope.” Then he turned around and took his place in the carriage.

As the horses trotted down the snow-covered drive, William stood on the stoop and stared after the carriage, his brother’s words echoing in his mind. Indeed, Christine had stirred something within him, only it had not been a memory she had conjured, but instead she had…what had she done?

Shaking his head, William felt as though he had been bewitched. The day before he had hurried after her into the gardens, determined to ask for her help, and she had…she had…

The second the snowball had hit him and he had spun around, his world had changed. Looking into her glowing face, the sweet sound of her laughter echoing to his ears, he had been lost, and as though he had done so countless times before, he had gathered up a handful of snow and followed her to a place where happiness didn’t just lurk somewhere behind the horizon, but where it truly did exist.

“You should come back inside,” Christine’s voice roused him from his musings. “You’re starting to shiver.”

Clearing his throat, William turned around and hastened across the threshold. Steeling his resolve, he looked at her, determined to maintain his distance and not succumb to her charms again.

“Shall we have breakfast?” she asked, the glow in her eyes alluring like the moon reflected in the night sea. “I’m certain your mother has already been seated.” She chuckled. “And as you might remember,” she teased, “she waits for no one.”

Unable to help himself, William laughed before offering her his arm and escorting her to the breakfast parlour.

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