Glimmer of Hope by Sarah M. Eden

Author:Sarah M. Eden [Eden, Sarah M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc.
Published: 2013-05-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“Are we nearly there?” Miranda asked, riding double with Carter as he led his roan mare along the moonlit, narrow coastal lane.

Carter congratulated himself on piquing her curiosity. They’d only been out on their early morning ride for a quarter of an hour, and she already seemed to be enjoying herself. He was enjoying riding with an arm around her. Even during those early months of their marriage, she had never ridden up with him. Carter found he liked it very much.

“A few minutes more is all.” He kept the horse at a slow walk. The full moon made his path visible but barely. “You aren’t too cold, are you?”

“Wrapped as tightly as I am?” she asked with a hint of laughter in her voice.

Carter looked down at her. From a distance, she would no doubt appear to be nothing more than a roll of blankets wearing a bonnet. Carter tightened his arm around her waist, or what he thought was probably her waist beneath the thick quilt he’d wound around her before they’d left on this, their latest excursion.

Four days had passed since he’d first asked permission to work at regaining her friendship. He felt confident he was having some success.

Two evenings after their walk to the Miltons’, they, along with the assembled guests, had undertaken a game of charades. Carter had made quite sure he and Miranda were paired and had found they worked well as a team, both in identifying their fellow participants’ portrayals and in constructing their own. She’d even allowed him to hold her hand as they’d watched the evening’s offerings.

They, Perce and Lady Percival, and Hartley and Adèle and the children, had spent the previous afternoon engaged in a highly competitive game of bowls. Miranda’s grandfather, while not openly disapproving of the activity, had watched her closely as if expecting something horrible to happen. Carter came close to gloating as the activity drew to a close, and Miranda not only hadn’t come to any harm but seemed also to have enjoyed herself.

They didn’t speak of their past, didn’t address the pain that still sat between them, but they were making progress.

She was less nervous with him than she’d been when he’d first arrived. They were sharing laughter and smiles. He was that much closer to earning back her trust. And she, he was beginning to admit to himself, was quickly regaining ownership of his heart.

“The sea is so much louder in the dark.” Miranda sounded a little anxious.

Carter didn’t need any further encouragement. He pulled her closer. “I think that is because the rest of the world is quieter.”

“Do you know how far we are from the house?” Miranda leaned her head against him.

“I know precisely how far from the house we are.” Carter pulled his mare to a stand. “In fact, we are as far as I plan to go.”

He felt Miranda sit up a little and watched her bonnet move from side to side; she was obviously trying to decide why

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