Finders Keepers (Norman Brides) by Wood Lynn

Author:Wood, Lynn [Wood, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-05-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

When dawn made its fresh appearance the light of a new day found them as the previous day left them, with Melissa still standing in front of the window wrapped in the covering from their marriage bed and Luke watching her from where he remained on the bed with his back leaning against the finely carved headboard. His glance took in the golden light piercing the open shutters and falling over his wife’s lovely face. The slivers of light caught the mahogany streaks in the dark curls streaming over his bride’s naked shoulders to stop just short of her slender hips. He could not prevent the almost savage pang of lust at the sight of the luminous glow her perfect skin took on in dawn’s subtle light. He suppressed it just as savagely, recognizing the distance between them had been honed to a sharp edge by the long silent hours of the endless night when they arrayed themselves on opposite sides of the dividing line drawn between them, foolish pride preventing them both from reaching across the rift separating them. Luke acknowledged Melissa was just stubborn enough to stand there all day if he allowed this idiotic standoff to continue between them. So, promising himself it would be the last time he would bend to her will, he broke their long silence.

“Melissa, come away from the window. I’ll call for a bath. You need to get dressed and pack your things. We’re leaving this morning.”

Mistaking the promise in his words, Melissa swung around and eyed him with renewed hope and excitement. “You’ll take me with you to search for Michel? We can leave today?”

Luke thrust his hand through his hair in a singular act manifesting his frustration at the joyful anticipation on her face. An anticipation he would be forced to crush when he disabused her of the foolish notion he would take her with him into the Saxon wilderness on what would definitely be a cold and uncomfortable journey, and might very well prove to be a dangerous one. “You mistake my meaning. We will be sailing for Normandy today. I must inform my father of my brother’s death. When I have accomplished that task I will return to Saxony to search for Michel. You will remain behind at the family estate with my father until I return.”

It took a few moments for his meaning to sink in, but when it did Melissa felt the color drain from her face. He meant to take her away from everything she’d ever known and dump her on her unsuspecting father-in-law, then return to Saxony without her. How was it possible she so misjudged this man? How could she for a single moment have believed he was different from the other noblemen of her acquaintance? “Do you hate me so much? Have you not yet finished taking your revenge against me? Was your brother dearer to you than you claim that you would send me to your father so he may

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