Her Banished Knight's Redemption--The follow-up to award-winning story the Rebel Heiress and the Knight by Melissa Oliver

Author:Melissa Oliver
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-11-10T15:15:12+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Hell’s teeth!

The whole damn evening was proving far more perilous then Will had first anticipated and now they had to wait undetected until they could meet Phillippe de Sens later. It was already difficult to navigate the town without alerting their presence to Rolleston’s men, but he had little choice in the matter. And while they waited, he had time to reflect on the fact that he had finally given into his baser instinct and kissed Isabel—thoroughly.

Initially, it had been a way to ease Isabel’s anxiousness, but it hadn’t taken long before it changed into something very different entirely.

Damn!

His whole body had come alive with need and desperate longing, pressed against her glorious curves as he tasted her lips, learning the softness of her mouth. Even now, the after-effects hummed through his body. He groaned inwardly at his foolishness.

He wanted Isabel with such intensity that it made his head spin. Yet he shouldn’t want her and certainly couldn’t have her. And although he had had a momentary lapse earlier, he must take care not to succumb to his desires again.

It wouldn’t be fair to Isabel or to himself.

He smiled absently at Isabel’s aloofness and her detached tone earlier when he had wanted to apologise. She had tried to make nothing of it, even though they both knew differently. The truth was that, however unwise it had been kissing Isabel, he could not regret it. Yet Will had to make sure that it never happened again.

He sighed as he glanced at Isabel who was crouched low, feeding the scruffy little dog that had attached himself to her. ‘If you keep feeding the little scamp, we’re never going to get rid of him.’

‘Ah but he’s hungry and lost, Will,’ she said, patting him. ‘And after the way he helped us earlier I feel a sense of gratitude towards him.’

‘For all you know it may be totally infested with fleas.’

‘I’ve already checked and, no, he isn’t.’ She picked up the dog by its front paws. ‘Yes, that’s right...who’s a good boy? Now, what are we going to call you?’

‘Oh, good grief!’ Will muttered, shaking his head. ‘Come, we must keep moving.’

‘What about Rochelais, since you came upon us here? But, no, I think not.’ She tapped her fingertips together. ‘Like me, little one, you could have come from somewhere entirely different, belonging nowhere and to no one in particular.’

Will’s throat constricted tightly at Isabel’s pensive words, revealing much about how she still felt.

‘What about Perdu?’ she said and the dog barked, wagging its tail enthusiastically. ‘Very well, Perdu it is and I’m very pleased to make your acquaintance.’ She gave dog another scrap of food before standing up and meeting Will’s bemused gaze at calling the dog...‘Lost’. She no doubt hoped the little mite might someday be found.

They continued walking side by side in silence, with the little dog following behind.

Will flicked her a quick glance. ‘Isabel, about what we were discussing—I just want to say that, although I was going to apologise earlier, I’m not sorry I kissed you.

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