Kidnapped and Bound: Kidnapped, Book 2 by Blushing Books

Author:Blushing Books
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2014-02-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

I awoke to find myself in a four-poster bed. The winter sun was streaming in through a tall window. I felt comfortable, but when I turned to the side to view the room in more detail I heard myself moan with a little pain and closed my eyes tight.

“Hush. Lay still,” a soft male voice told me from the side in a whisper. I felt the touch of his fingertips upon my forehead, stroking and soothing my pain away. Slowly I opened my eyes and looked up to find myself locked in the gentle gaze of Lord Drake’s beautiful dark eyes. He smiled at me.

“Good, you are awake. You must be hungry,” he said, moving to sit on the side of the bed next to me. He did not stop his caress and I was more than thankful for it.

“Where am I?”

“You are at my home, Mallory House in Buckinghamshire. I carried you here after you were seen by a physician at your aunt’s, three days ago.”

I tried to sit up. I was confused.

He caught the back of my head, gently he laid my head back down on the pillow and held me down.

“You were shot, madam. Luckily, the wound was not heavy and simply caused a fever. You have been in and out of consciousness. The injury is healing well but you are weak and need food,” he commanded.

I stared at him, fearful suddenly, remembering the events of what I mistakenly believed was the night before and then the last three days. Vaguely, my memory had recorded his tender care throughout my delirium as he applied cool compresses to my brow through the days and night. Each time I awoke, he appeared to be tending me, making me think he rarely left my side or allowed the servants to assist me.

“Why did you move me from my aunt’s? All I wanted to do was to go home, sir, and you have denied me the right of comfort from my friends.” I was affronted and at that moment more than a little suspicious of Lord Drake’s motives in bringing me to his home.

“Shhh,” he ordered and put a finger to my lips. “I will explain all to you, if you promise not to be afraid and to trust me without question.” He was whispering, and his amused expression turned to one of such seriousness I became anxious.

“There was news that the man who shot you, James, had not been found. The Viscount was also rescued by club members on his way to the jail. The Viscount’s club does a heavy trade in bride sales and we have disrupted his business by rescuing his stock. Both the Viscount and the man, Mr. James Duncan, have lost a lot of money. As a virgin, you were a rare prize and would have been the star of the auction that is to take place on Saturday, tomorrow. All club members and the men who serve them, including Lord Grange, are searching for you.

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