A Kiss Before the Wedding (Love at Pembroke Palace Book 5) by Julianne MacLean

Author:Julianne MacLean [MacLean, Julianne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Julianne MacLean Publishing Inc.
Published: 2020-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

Perhaps it was not her destiny after all, Adelaide thought miserably as she slipped into bed at nearly two in the morning.

She had tried everything. She had pulled the velvet rope and rang for her maid, pleaded every excuse she could think of to get out of her room, but her father was always there, sitting outside her bedchamber, watching her with hooded eyes, listening to every word she spoke.

Eventually she had done exactly what he warned her against. She had screamed and pounded on the door and cried for help, and her father had proven true to his word. He walked in, shut the door behind him, and slapped her hard across the face. He threatened worse if she did not keep quiet.

Then he said something that made her blood run cold. He promised to direct his wrath and violence toward William if she did not do her duty and walk down the aisle as planned.

It was now three o’clock in the morning, and her wedding would take place that very day, in eight hours’ time.

Adelaide’s heart was broken in pieces.

Had William given up on her yet? Did he believe she had changed her mind, or would he gallop through the chapel doors on his great black steed in the morning, like a courageous medieval knight, and spirit her away before the vicar could begin the ceremony?

Oh, now she was just being foolish, dreaming of fairy tales and what could never be. Adelaide squeezed her eyes shut.

William…if you can hear me across the distance, know that I love you and I tried to reach you. I will never forget the magic of our kiss in the moonlight.

Then a cool breeze wafted across the bed and fluttered her hair. There was a creaking sound, like a door opening and closing.

Adelaide sat up in the darkness and glanced at the door, but it was still locked. A sudden panic filled her, for she had heard the stories about the spirit monks who haunted the subterranean passages of this palace. She had never believed in ghosts before, but a keen awareness tingled down her spine—a sense of something about to happen.

Then a hand covered her mouth and her heart leapt into her throat. Once she calmed, the hand loosened and she knew in her heart who had come for her.

“William?”

Was she dreaming? Was he truly there, standing beside her bed, or was it some spirit from beyond?

He was cloaked in shadow, but somehow she knew he was real. She could feel him in her soul.

“You must be very quiet,” he whispered as he sat down on the edge of the bed.

She nodded in agreement, her spine ramrod straight.

He took his hand away from her mouth and cupped her cheek. “Are you all right?”

“Yes,” she whispered. “I wanted to come to you. I tried.”

“I know.”

“Father locked me in.”

“I suspected as much.”

She felt her forehead wrinkle in confusion. “But how did you get in here? Did you come through the window?”

He shook his head. “I have not yet learned to fly, my darling.

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