Bewitching the Knight: (A Medieval Time Travel Romance) by Diane Darcy

Author:Diane Darcy [Darcy, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-11-21T05:00:00+00:00

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As Samantha finished convincing his clan to watch out for him, Ian pushed off the wall and strode away from the kitchen door, not wishing to be seen by her nor anyone else for that matter.

He had not intended to eavesdrop. After Willie complained Samantha shoved him to the dirt, he’d thought to have a talk with her about behavior and tact. Antagonizing the main person responsible for stirring up trouble was not shrewd or canny, and the sooner she stopped, the better for Ian. Listening to an old man whine was not how he wanted to spend his day. Nor was stopping future attacks against his witch.

And thus he’d overheard her talking to his kitchen staff.

He headed into the darkness of the keep, stopped, and rubbed at the tightness in his chest.

Why would she say such things?

Granted, she’d told Brecken that keeping Ian alive was in her own best interests. And she had the right of it. If not for him, she’d be dead and left for scavengers now. She could still be at risk ere he died, though hopefully his clan had seen the error of their ways.

But she’d sounded so sincere in her concern for him. She’d not cowered before their scorn, disbelief, or mockery. And the way she’d led them to her way of thinking was nothing short of amazing. Not one person in his entire life had taken up for him in such a way. No one had to. He was always the one who kept others safe, not the other way around. It made him feel unbalanced, as if things were out of order. And yet, at the same time, her acceptance made his chest ache with an emotion he could not name.

Blast him, he felt flattered. Valued. Esteemed.

And he also burned with curiosity. Did she harbor genuine feelings for him?

His chest rose and fell with swallowed breath as he took the stairs a pair at a time. He needed to find something to do. She confused him and he did not care for it. Mayhap a couple of hours working on his hidey-hole under the window would calm him. For all the good it would do him since Samantha already knew of its existence, location, and probably what he planned to place in it, blast her. One way or the other he would clear his mind of her.

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