A Wish Upon an Earl: A Maypole in Mayfair by Madison Katherine Ann & Dallen Maggie

Author:Madison, Katherine Ann & Dallen, Maggie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swift Romance Publishing Corp
Published: 2021-05-10T16:00:00+00:00

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Jack briefly searched his memory for a time that he’d been happier than he was right now, carrying Sarah down the servant’s stairs. Nothing came to mind.

She belonged next to him like this. In his arm, her laughter tickling his ears even as her fingers lightly brushed the skin on the back of his neck.

They reached the hall by the kitchen and Aubrey tiptoed across the stone and opened the door out into the yard. Looking both ways, she waved them forward.

The moment they stepped out, Ash’s two bulldogs began barking and another laugh bubbled out of Sarah. “Watch out, it’s the dragon’s watchdogs. He’ll come for us for certain now.”

Jack’s grin was so wide, his cheeks ached a bit. Drew set down the chair with a grunt, and Jack reluctantly settled Sarah into the seat. He’d brought the thing out here to push her, but he found he liked her in his arms a great deal better. “In that case, we must hurry. Hold on!”

She grabbed the arms of the chair and then Jack gave the chair a heaving push as it rolled over stone and through the manicured grass. They were both laughing, rather louder than was likely necessary and, as Jack ran faster, Aubrey and Drew fell behind, walking arm and arm.

“Did you hear the whoosh of wings?” he asked as he tipped the chair back a touch so that it only rolled on its larger back wheels.

Sarah looked back at him, grasping one of his arms. “Jack,” her voice had that breathless quality that made his hand clench on the back of the chair. “Dragon or no, don’t let me fall.”

He slowed, leaning down close to her ear. He’d been responsible for two injuries, one to her ankle and one to her heart but, from here on out, her protection was his first priority. Her happiness, his second. “I’d never let anything happen to you.”

Her hand tightened on his forearm as she looked up at him. “Really?”

“Really.”

The garden came into view, and he started to walk. “I think we’ve beaten the dragon.”

A bark followed by another sounded through the night air. “Perhaps. But not the hounds.” Sarah said, her voice taking on an ominous tone.

Jack chuckled. “Not even I can compare your brother’s bulldogs to demon hounds. Two more lovably lazy dogs never existed.”

“Next masquerade, we’ll make them costumes too; they can coordinate with ours.”

Pleasure coursed through him. To hear her make future plans for the two of them. It was what he’d hoped.

That made another round of laughter fall from his lips. “What shall we be?” Then he drew in a sharp breath. “I’ve got it; we’ll be a dragon.”

“One?” she asked, her green eyes twinkling in the night. “We’ll share a costume?”

“Precisely.” He stopped then, bending down so that his head was on the same level as hers.

“That is not coordinated, my lord. It’s scandalous.”

“Well, you’ll be the face, of course. You’re too stunning to stuff in the tail. And no one will even see me.

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