Every Time I Love You by Graham Heather

Author:Graham, Heather [Graham, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-01-03T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Till Death Do Us Part

Williamsburg, Virginia Spring 1775

Percy pulled his watch fob from his pocket and anxiously looked at the time, straining against the dwindling light. Nearly seven. If she did not come soon, she would not come at all.

He let out a sound of impatience and pushed away from the oak where he had been resting. He came up to Goliath and patted the massive animal on the neck. “Will she come, boy? What do you say?” He grinned, thinking of the cat-and-mouse game they had played over the last year. She had teased, she had flirted, she had tried to see him in public places only; and then she had gambled as desperately as he to find moments alone. It had been a risky venture too, for the relations between the British loyalists and the colonists had rapidly deteriorated. Shots had been fired in Lexington; Massachusetts was in open revolt—and Virginia was following. It was time for the British to depart, for Williamsburg was going to be a rebel town.

Percy's smile faded. She had to come. She had to come to him; he could not believe that she would not. Surely she loved him. He was due in Philadelphia soon to take his place with illustrious men he admired so very much. Men whom these colonies could not turn their backs upon. Great men who had dared to speak out against tyranny. Adams, Hancock, Patrick Henry...traitors to the British. Heroes to the colonists.

But even his revolutionary fervor paled when he thought of Katrina. Where was she? When would she come? She was British, he knew. She had lived these years in a nest of Tories. The breaking point was here; what would she do.

He was in love, and so his heart rose and sank with every whisper of the wind. Don't let her know it! he reminded himself. Don't let her know how desperate your heart is, for she can be a minx, eager to see you so humbly crave her favors.

It had gone much, much further than that, though. She would come with him; surely she would come with him...

He started. This time, he heard it. He really heard. The sound of hoofbeats against the path.

A horse came charging into view. It reared and snorted as the rider, swathed in a dark, heavy cloak, pulled up hard upon the reins.

“Percy!” she called.

It was his love. He strode from the trees, eager to hold her, eager to lift her from her horse. Her hands fell to his shoulders and he brought her down. She tried to speak; his eager kisses silenced her and she clung to him, breathless and weak.

“Oh, Percy!”

“What, my love, what?”

“We're to leave! Henry is to join the British in Boston; I am to be sent back to Kent with Elizabeth.”

“No!” He pulled her hard against him, fiercely hard.

“Oh, Percy! This is it, and it cannot be! We'll never see each other again. Never.”

“No!” He cried again hoarsely. His heart pounded fiercely. He had known it would come to this.

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