Circle Star by Tatiana March

Author:Tatiana March [March, Tatiana]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2014-09-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Connor slid his legs down the edge of the bed and struggled up to his feet. He paused for a minute to make sure he had the strength to remain upright. By now, the piercing pain on his chest beneath the dressing had faded to a dull ache.

He sucked in a sharp breath and took a step in the darkness. Then, just in case he fainted and the maids stumbled upon him, he slowly turned back to the bed, pulled out the wrinkled cotton sheet and wrapped it around his hips.

Dizzy waves rolled over him as he crossed the floor, fumbling around him in the unlit room to avoid crashing into the furniture. When he reached the door, he clung to the handle for support while he waited for the faint spell to pass. Then he eased the door open, shuffled out, and made his way along the corridor.

It had taken him two hours of arguing to get Susanna to sleep in her own room tonight, rather than curled up in an armchair beside him. The debate had nearly exhausted his strength, but in the end he had won, and now he had his wife exactly where he wanted.

His legs were unsteady as he entered her room and closed the door behind him. Susanna had left an oil lamp burning in a bracket on the wall, and the glimmer of light aided his passage across the floor.

The instant he reached the big oak bed where she slept peacefully with her long dark hair fanned over the pillow, he collapsed to sit on the edge of the bed.

“Connor?” Susanna jerked up, her eyes squinting into the dim light.

“Help me under the covers.” He gasped the words through the pain.

“What are you doing?” she asked in an agitated whisper.

“I’m getting into bed with my wife.” He lifted the edge of the quilt and rolled onto his back beneath the covers.

Susanna leaned over him, scowling. “You’re crazy.”

“No.” He closed his eyes to ward off the waves of exhaustion. “I shouldn’t have made you come to me at night. I should have come to you.”

“Lord in heaven.” Susanna slumped against the bedstead with a thud. “Is that a good enough reason to cause your wound to open and risk death again?”

“Yes.” Connor exhaled a tired sigh. He blinked his eyes open and found his wife hovering over him.

“Kiss me,” he ordered.

“Kiss you?” Susanna drawled, her brows arching.

He nodded. “That first time, I took you in anger, and then I tried to keep from getting too close to you. I want to go back and cover the steps we missed. Kiss me. I’m too weak to raise my head and kiss you.”

“I married a lunatic,” Susanna muttered, but she wriggled down along the bed. Taking care not to put pressure on his chest, she leaned over him and gently brushed her lips against his.

The white cotton nightgown covered her up to the neck, but in the golden light of the oil lamp Connor could see the fabric flutter as her breathing grew swift.

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