BOUND BY THE EARL (Lords of Discipline Book 2) by Alyson Chase

Author:Alyson Chase [Chase, Alyson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: AMZ
Publisher: Alyson Chase
Published: 2018-03-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Crossing his legs, Julius bobbed the toe of his boot up and down. Liverpool had said to meet him at nine in the evening, but apparently only Julius was expected to be punctual. The dark wood paneling of White’s back room made the chamber feel smaller. Oppressive.

Loosening the knot of his cravat, Julius breathed deeply through his nose. Amanda had borne her time out on the streets of London a week ago with admirable fortitude. If she could face her fears so well, he could damn well sit in a small room without breaking into a sweat. Even if the room was windowless. With only one door.

He was fine.

He gripped the armrests of his wingback chair. It had been three years since his return from the East. Would he ever feel natural again?

Liverpool stalked through the door, shutting it with greater energy than necessary. Taking the seat across from Julius, the older statesman crooked his elbow on the armrest and rested his jaw on his knuckles.

The look he sent Julius did nothing to calm his restless nerves.

“I missed my tea because of you.” Liverpool plucked a cigar from the silver box on the side table. Not bothering with a knife, he bit off the end and spit it out and dragged a candlestick towards him to light it.

Julius waited until the man was pulling at the flame. “You set the time for our meeting. Though I must say your tea time is extraordinarily late.”

Liverpool set the candlestick down on the side table next to his chair. “Cute. But that’s not what I meant and you know it.” Leaning back in the chair, Liverpool puffed on the cigar and glared at him through the smoke. “I’ve had a steady stream of peers in my office, gossiping like little old ladies about the debate raging in The Times over capital punishment.”

“I’ve had a few of those discussions myself.” After Amanda’s piece had received the most replies in the paper’s history, the editor had requested that Mr. A. Wilson pen another piece. He’d also invited a response from the opposing side. “I hardly understand how I’m responsible for the tumult.”

“Don’t play the innocent with me,” Liverpool said. “I know you delivered the piece by Mr. Wilson.”

Of course, he did. Liverpool had informants everywhere. “I’m not the author.”

“I never said you were. You don’t strike me as a reformer.” He coughed and rested the cigar in the ashtray. “But your ward is causing quite the fuss. Perhaps you should put an end to that.”

Julius didn’t know which claim was more absurd. That Amanda was his ward, or that he had the power to stop her from doing as she wanted. “Miss Wilcox is nobody’s ward. She is an unmarried woman who has attained the age of majority. She will do as she wishes.” Standing, he strode to the sideboard and poured two fingers of Scotch. “And don’t mistake my lack of agitation as a lack of interest in reform. You do know how I voted on the last bill.

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