A Knight Before Christmas_Historical Romance Novella by Laurel O'Donnell

Author:Laurel O'Donnell [O'Donnell, Laurel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical romance, Medieval Romance, christmas, knights
Published: 2019-10-09T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Gabriel listened to Eve’s description of the tapestry her aunt had sent her and nodded. “I would like to see it.”

“I would love to show it to you,” Eve said as they walked through the courtyard. The sun was beginning to set and many of the merchants were leaving the castle, carrying empty baskets and steering wagons toward the gatehouse. “It’s just so lovely with the image of a jousting scene and –”

“Jousting isn’t lovely.”

They looked up to see Michael coming toward them like a storm cloud. His dark gaze swung from Eve to Gabriel and then back to Eve.

Gabriel had never seen this furious look on Michael’s face, but his guard rose immediately in preparation for a battle.

“Where have you been?” Michael demanded.

Eve cast Gabriel a sideways conspiratorial glance. “We were searching for angels.”

Gabriel grinned at her lightheartedness, of the plan they had hatched to keep the horseback riding lessons a secret.

“Isn’t that the way your sister died?”

Eve’s smile vanished.

Horror and sympathy swirled inside of Gabriel. He watched as she fought to keep her hurt inside.

“Excuse me,” she murmured to Gabriel before racing off toward the keep.

“Eve!” Gabriel called. He instinctively moved to go after her, but Michael stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.

“I want you to leave.”

Gabriel jerked away from his brother’s hand and whirled on him, just as angry as he was. “How can you be so callous?”

“Find an angel with another woman. This one is mine,” Michael warned.

“Are you certain?” Gabriel couldn’t help but taunt.

Michael’s eyes widened in fury and he glared hot rage at him, anger snarling his lips.

“Be careful of your answer, brother. It might be a lie.” Gabriel shoved by him, knocking into his shoulder as he led the palfrey to the stables. His fist was tight with fury around the reins. Not that his brother dared to threaten him, but it was the way he treated Eve. She deserved better. It should be him, he thought. But he quickly pushed the thought aside. He hadn’t fought for her when it had first happened, he had no right to her now. Michael was his blood, after all. And with the approaching Yuletide and the preparations for the wedding, Gabe felt misplaced. He rounded the corner of the stables to find Henry leaning against the wall.

“Tsk tsk tsk,” Henry greeted.

Gabriel walked by him, leading the palfrey to her stall. A stable boy quickly rushed over and took the reins from him to lead her away.

“I’ve seen that look before.”

There were times that Henry was more of a pain than a friend. Gabriel left the stables and Henry followed.

“But mostly the man ended up on the ground after one of your blows.”

“He’s my brother. What would you have me do?”

“Leave. He asked you to leave.”

“We’re not here because of his invitation. It turns out Lady Eve invited us,” he called over his shoulder.

“If we’re not leaving, how are you going to hide your jealousy?”

“I’m not jealous,” Gabriel insisted, whirling on him. He looked around quickly to see if others had heard.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.