Breaking the Rules by Sandra Heath

Author:Sandra Heath [Heath, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Regency Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Belgrave House
Published: 2001-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

As Conan and Theo were arriving at Carmartin Park, Ursula and her father were almost at the end of another fairly late breakfast. Ursula was very tired, for she had now had two broken nights in a row. She had managed to creep back into the house undetected, and had hidden the old cloak at the bottom of her wardrobe, meaning to return it to the stables later. But when she tried to sleep, it again proved impossible because her mind was far too active. The moment her eyes closed, flashes of the night’s events kept returning, like a portfolio of watercolors. Now that it was day, albeit a miserably wet one that would culminate in the dreaded dinner with Theodore Greatorex, she could scarce believe what she had witnessed in the woods overnight; or whom she had met.

Sir Conan Merrydown. His name was sweetness to her; he was sweetness to her. She could not forget those moments when he held her hand. Her body still recalled the amazing feelings that had almost swept her inhibitions away. It was a seductive recollection, warming, aching, compelling. If such a moment should happen again, would she be able to resist? Would she even want to resist? Ah, she mused, that was the question. And if she gave in to temptation, what then of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that would follow? She had too much to lose and very little to gain from wanting him, so he had to be banished to the distant corners of her mind. And there he must stay.

She wore her emerald-and-white-checkered morning gown again, but it did not make her look as bright and fresh as usual. Was there anything that would make her bright and fresh after two nights of such broken sleep? Probably not, she thought as she toyed with her plate of cold scrambled eggs? It was all very well to tell herself what she must do, to know what she must do, but that was to ignore the less worldly aspects of it all.

Mr. Elcester watched her. “You seem very preoccupied this morning, m’dear.”

“Mm?”

“Is something on your mind? If there is a problem, perhaps I can help?”

“No, I’m quite all right,” she replied quickly, and with a shameful lack of honesty. She could hardly tell him what she was really thinking about, because that would mean confessing she had disobeyed him a second time where the woods were concerned. On top of which, this time she really had been in danger! And then there was the added embarrassment of being alone with Sir Conan, whom she would probably never see again anyway. Besides, what was there to really say? That Bellamy Taynton and twelve others liked to dress up in druidic robes and carry out peculiar ceremonies in the woods. Her father would be appalled, but if such a story were to reach the local newspapers, she could just imagine the mirth with which it would be read in every drawing room in Gloucestershire.

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