Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers

Author:Robin LaFevers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HMH Books

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My heart beats too fast and not, I think, from exertion. I can still feel the weight of Maraud’s hands on my body, the heat of him through the fabric of my sleeves. Still feel the dampness of our sweat.

Of all the times for lust to rear its vexing head, surely this is the most inconvenient.

I probably smell of him as well. Which means I will need to slip up to my room and wash before I join the others in the solar.

That realization has me quickening my pace, not wishing to be gone any longer than I already have.

Just as I emerge from the dungeons into the antechamber at the base of the stairway, I stop, shocked to see Louise herself halfway down the stairs. Her eyes widen as I emerge from the hallway. “There you are!”

“My lady.” I drop into a deep curtsy, wanting a moment to compose myself.

“Genevieve.” Her voice is filled with both affection and annoyance. She stops before me, her solemn gray eyes combing over my appearance, taking in my flushed, heated face, the state of my clothes. “I fear I have come to the end of my patience with you.” She reaches out and takes my arm in hers, tucking it into the crook of her elbow. While it is a friendly gesture, there is a steely possession in her grip that makes it clear that it is not friendly at all. “It is not healthy for you to be down here this much. It is not calming you, but agitating you further. You must stop coming here and return to your place at my side. I will not be ignored in this, do you understand?”

“Yes, my lady.”

“Good.” She sniffs. “Although I do think a bath is in order before you join us.”

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