Bold Destiny by Jane Feather

Author:Jane Feather [Feather, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780380758081
Google: 2KVS89UocNMC
Amazon: 0380758083
Barnesnoble: 0380758083
Goodreads: 28154
Publisher: Avon
Published: 1990-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Annabel had indeed been chewing her nails in a fair degree of apprehension in the hour since her return from the square. The more she thought about her outburst, the more she cringed. She, who for eight years had never so much as raised her eyes to a man without permission, had railed at Kit in front of complete strangers in the most intemperate fashion. And since she could neither explain nor excuse such behavior to herself, her chances of producing a convincing defense to the justifiably furious Kit were remote.

At the sound of the front door, she jumped to her feet and stood facing the sitting room door.

“Salaam, Ralston, huzoor,” she said humbly, touching her hands to her forehead as he stalked in.

“Don’t give me that!” The door shut under a vigorous push. “You harpy! How dare you treat me to such an abominable display, like some Billingsgate fishwife?”

“But you promised—”

“No, you promised,” he interrupted. “You promised you would behave with circumspection in the cantonment. And what do you do? You descend on me, berating me with all the obvious intimacy of someone who has shared my bed, in full sight and earshot of the entire cantonment. The story will be on everyone’s lips by the morning, and how the hell am I to explain it?”

“Tell the truth,” she said. “I’ve told you it does not matter to me.”

“And I have told you that it matters to me. Quite apart from that, I have never been so embarrassed by anyone, ever.”

“I am sorry,” she said simply. “It was inexcusable. I was just afraid for you, and I have never felt that way about anyone before.”

“But how could you forget everything we have discussed?” He tossed his cloak over the couch and ran his hands through his hair, where the lamplight caught deep golden lights. “How, Annabel?”

“I don’t know,” she said. “I don’t understand what is happening to me. I used to have a quick temper as a child, I remember that, but the last time I lost it was with the Ghazi who gave me to Akbar Khan. Since then, I learned to control it absolutely.” She turned away from him and stood staring into the fire, her words coming slowly as she seemed to feel for explanation and understanding. “It’s as if I’ve been in some way released from the need to step quietly at all times, to watch my every move and weigh every word.”

“You are not released from that,” Kit told her bluntly. “The consequences of forgetting may be different in this place, but they’re no less potent.” Catching her by the shoulder, he swung her around to face him. “And I give you fair warning, Annabel Spencer. If you ever embarrass me like that again, I will return the experience in full measure, most powerfully and publicly.”

There was a short silence while they both absorbed the exchange, its causes and what lay beneath those causes.

“Have a brandy,” Annabel suggested suddenly. “It might make you feel less annoyed.

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