Accidentally, Love by Kate Harper

Author:Kate Harper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, regency, hero
Publisher: Kate Harper

Darius had been pleased to see the small inn appear not an hour after the snow had stopped. It had been falling ever since he had left the hostelry he had stayed in the night before and matters had not improved as he had continued on. Indeed, the flurries had grown so thick several times that he had been hard pressed to see the road before him. When it stopped it was a welcome relief, right enough, but the afternoon had rapidly turned into evening and from there into night and for the past few hours he had been travelling in darkness. He had no desire to fumble through snowdrifts, trying to find his way through unfamiliar territory and had been looking for a place to hold up until morning. By now, he wasn’t too fussy where that might prove to be, especially as it was icy cold. Instead of the moonlight one might reasonably expect when the skies had cleared, a mist permeated the air, seeming to rise off the snow itself. After so many hours on the road, all Darius wanted was a chair, a tankard of ale and a fire to stretch his boots out towards.

The soft glow of the light that had appeared up ahead was precisely what he needed, for his horse’s sake if nothing else. As soon as he drew closer he could see it was not one of the more prestigious inns that the gentry enjoyed frequenting but he could hardly be too particular under the circumstances. He was not familiar with Somerset and, whilst he knew he was heading towards his destination, Ilchester lying but fifteen miles behind him, he still wasn’t exactly sure how far it was to the village of Milton Styles. Somehow, he doubted he would stumble across it tonight. Better to leave it until the morning, if he didn’t change his mind and turn his horse’s nose back towards London. He was on a fool’s errand but then, he was behaving very much like a fool of late. As he continued on, he had ample opportunity to reflect that this damn journey was not going to plan – indeed, what had in the past few months? – and, that he would have been far better off if he had stayed in London.

The light of the inn was the first positive thing he had seen for some time and he leaned forward to slap his big bay gelding’s neck encouragingly. ‘Things are looking up, old boy. It appears that you will have a bed for the night after all.’

Horus whickered a reply that Darius suspected might be along the lines of, ‘About time!’ Under the circumstances he could hardly blame him.

It was a decent sized place, at least and he might reasonably expect a stall for Horus for the evening. He had considered knocking to see if there was a lad to assist him with his mount but instead, had discovered the stable himself, set back from the main building and already occupied by several horses.

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