Gullible's Travels & Taxing Rabble (Time Travelling Taxman Book 6) by Rachel Ford

Author:Rachel Ford [Ford, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

The taxman woke far too soon. His eyelids felt heavy and his brain slow and foggy. Nance, somehow, was wide awake and buzzing with energy. How she was able to function, much less thrive, on so little sleep always baffled him.

She left him no time to ponder the mystery though. She was already dressed and working on her hair, and as soon as he dragged himself out of the bathroom, she put him to work. “I’m trying to put my hair up, like I saw the women in the market wear it. With limited success, though.”

She had it in a kind of half bun, spilling out here and there in a faux messy fashion. It was a little less orderly than the prim curls and structured plaits they’d seen the day before, but, to his eyes, far more attractive. “Depends how you define success, I guess. If you’re going for gorgeous, this is a win.”

She rolled her eyes, but smiled. “You could help me, you know.”

“I could,” he admitted. “But what if I like it better this way?”

She laughed. “Get over here, Alfred. I need you to hold it in place while I pin it. I don’t have a third hand.”

“And a good thing, too. I don’t want you turning into some kind of mutant.” Holding runaway strands in place and adjusting hair pins at her direction, they managed to tuck all the flyaways down. Then, he kissed her. “Alright, I take it back. You look gorgeous this way too.”

Nance flushed, and kissed him back. “Well, you’re easy to please this morning, handsome. I hope you keep that up – because it’s time to get you in your bumblebee costume.”

He groaned, but didn’t argue. The sooner this mission was over, the sooner he could say goodbye – forever – to this world, and all its oddities. The sooner he could focus on them, and finding the right time to ask her to marry him. The more he thought on it, the more he realized he wanted to get that right. Nance was the most amazing person he knew. He’d never known anyone like her, and he knew he never would again. She deserved nothing less than a spectacular proposal. “Alright. Then let’s find the king.”

She nodded. “That’s right. We’ve got a world to save, Agent Favero.”

He liked the sound of Agent Favero in general, but there was something particularly thrilling about hearing it from Nance. And he had to remind himself that there was, indeed, a world that needed saving. Everything else would have to wait. No matter how much he wished otherwise. “Alright.”

Getting into his outfit was easier the second time. He knew what to do with the mess of buckles and brocade. “Well,” he sighed, “let’s go find that fool of a king, and get this over with.”

Nance took his hand, laughing. “That’s the spirit.”

Trajan was readying for breakfast, and he insisted that they join him. “You’re just in time, actually. No, I insist. No guest of mine goes hungry.

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