Gayle Callen by The Darkest Knight

Author:The Darkest Knight [Knight, The Darkest]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Reynold clutched the eating knife loaned to him by one of the servants. He had never realized how truly painful it would be to watch Katherine laugh and talk and flirt with his brother. Her dark red gown emphasized the creamy flesh above her breasts, something only his eyes and mouth had touched. Katherine hid her golden curls beneath a veil, but in his mind he saw them tumbling across his skin—a sight James would soon see.

Reynold looked down at his trencher, willing himself to eat for strength, but his stomach seemed overfull with the emotions he could never show again. James would have everything he’d ever wanted, a wealthy, beautiful bride. Their sister Margery would have Reynold’s holdings for her dowry.

And Reynold? He would have the church as his penance. With that he would have to comfort himself at night in his cold, lonely bed. He would have no wife, no children.

Reynold gripped the knife with white-knuckled violence, barely keeping himself from glaring at his brother. He stared at his hands instead. When he realized that violence raged through him, he dropped the knife in disgust.

He heaved a sigh and slumped lower on the bench, resting his elbows on the table. None of this was James’s fault. Reynold’s own arrogance had been his downfall, and caused his brother’s death. He remembered the sound of James’s hoarse cry of pain when Edmund breathed his last. Reynold knew he did not deserve Katherine, but he wasn’t sure James did either. Would he make her happy? Would he cherish her for her strength, her loyalty? Even her sweet clumsiness plucked at Reynold’s heart.

He frowned and picked at his food. Why had James barely visited Katherine during their betrothal? For once he wished he and his brother were closer, that he knew his brother’s mind.

Perhaps Reynold really did belong cloistered away. Regardless of his sins, he could not stop this envy of his brother, which feasted on his soul and tore him apart. He stood up, stepped over the bench behind him, and left without another glance at Katherine.

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