Heather and Velvet by Teresa Medeiros

Author:Teresa Medeiros [Medeiros, Teresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Historical Romance
ISBN: 9780553294071
Google: 70r42zh2D4MC
Amazon: 0553294075
Barnesnoble: 0553294075
Goodreads: 490289
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1991-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Prudence walked past Arlo without seeing him. Something in her face kept him from stopping her. She gathered her skirts in her gloved hands and started down the muddy road toward Lindentree.

The warm wind burned her dry eyes. On the eastern horizon, streaks of peach shot through the muted gray. It promised to be a beautiful day—a fine day for a wedding. Her toe caught in a rut. She did not look back at the jail to check if anyone had seen her stumble, but hastened her steps instead. She must get back to Lindentree. She was needed there, for she would have to deal with her aunt’s vapors when Tricia discovered her bridegroom had fled. Tricia relied on her. She must be strong. She could not afford to succumb to her own hysterics.

A needle of pain jabbed her head. Her fingers flew to her temples.

Do stop grimacing, dear. You’re not getting any younger. Tricia’s echoing clucks drowned out the nearby shriek of a jay-Prudence dropped her skirts and broke into a run.

The first thing ye’re goin‘ to have to do is learn how to fight dirty. Sebastian ain’t never known no other way.

Jamie would be long gone by now. Sebastian would not return from his midnight ride, and Jamie was too bright not to realize something was drastically wrong. Mud spattered her skirts as she dragged her hem heedlessly through a puddle.

You won’t forget me. Sebastian’s voice thundered unbidden through her skull. I swear it. I’ll haunt you for the rest of your lonely, miserable life.

She clawed at her hair, tearing out the hairpins in a vain attempt to stop the pain. Her hair streamed across her face, and the only reality became the thud of one foot in front of the other and the harsh rasp of her breathing.

She skirted the gatehouse and fled across the lawn, ignoring the curious stares of the sleepy peacocks. She crushed her skull between her palms, desperate to silence the accusing cabal of voices screeching through her mind. Her feet slipped on the slick grass and she fell to her stomach. Her thigh crunched against the spectacles in her pocket.

She lay for a long time, eyes squeezed shut, fingers tearing up tufts of damp earth. If she had stayed in the jail for one more minute, she would have been on her knees at Sebastian’s feet, begging him to understand, pleading with him to take her away with him.

“Oh, Sebastian, why did you make me do it?” she whispered. “I hate you.”

But as she baptized the grass with her bitter tears, she would have given her dying breath to have his arms around her one last time.

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