Enticed By Lady Elianna by Amanda Mariel

Author:Amanda Mariel
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: 0
Published: 2017-06-12T18:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Elianna worked feverishly all day in an effort to finish her tasks. A measure of unease still tickled the back of her mind but she was determined to take the risk and attend the ball. Now if she could only find time to prepare. She glanced out the lead-paned window at the sun. The hour already grew late and she had yet to finish with Lady Caroline.

She turned her attention back to the girl and focused on pinning her dark curls into place. Lacing her stays had been a nightmare as Lady Caroline insisted on having them extra tight. Her gown had been almost as bad. Lady Caroline refused to be still as she fidgeted and chatted about the ball and her excitement. Even now, the girl kept angling her head and examining herself in the looking glass while Elianna did her best to complete her hair.

“Mama says tonight is my chance to secure Lord Sinclair as my future husband. She is confident he will ask for my hand.” Lady Caroline grinned at her reflection. “Is he not the most handsome gentleman you’ve ever beheld?”

Elianna’s chest tightened. He certainly was handsome, and charming, and… She would not think on him now…could not. “Indeed,” came her chaste reply.

Lady Caroline turned on her vanity bench, knocking Elianna’s hands from her hair.

Drat! At this rate, Elianna would never make it to Lady Aubry’s room in time to dress herself.

“Do you believe he will?” Lady Caroline looked at her with wide, hazel eyes.

“He would be a fool not to.”

Lady Caroline gave a nod before turning back around.

Elianna swallowed past the lump in her throat. It mattered not that she knew Lord Sinclair had no interest in Lady Caroline. The fact remained that she could not have him either. The urge to yank at the girl’s curls overtook Elianna. She wanted nothing more than to have the life she should be living. Instead, she had to listen to the girl prattle on all the while knowing she would never truly experience life, love, or happiness.

Elianna pinned the final curl before retrieving Lady Caroline’s jewel-encrusted mask. She did hope Lady Caroline had a smashing time tonight. The girl deserved to find love, too. It simply irked her to have to sit back and watch others get what she so desperately wanted—a chance, something most people took for granted. Lady Caroline certainly did.

“Tie it tight. The last thing I want is to be made a cake of because my mask fell off.”

Elianna did as instructed, pulling the ribbons as tight as possible.

With the mask secured, Lady Caroline spun around, her skirts flowing around her ankles. “Well? How do I look?”

“Beautiful.” Elianna forced a warm smile. “Might I be excused?”

Lady Berkly sailed into the room before Lady Caroline had the opportunity to reply. Her eyes sparkled as she took her daughter’s hands in hers. “You are a vision, my dear. Surely Lord Sinclair will be powerless to refuse you.”

“I do hope so.” Lady Caroline beamed back at her mother.

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