Knight of My Dreams by Lynsay Sands

Author:Lynsay Sands
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins

While Jonathan had spent the two days between the picnic and yestereve’s feast avoiding Alice and the confusing feelings she stirred in him, the first thing he did upon awakening this morning was to go in search of her. He found the girl breaking her fast in the great hall, where it appeared almost every other guest at court was also eating. The room was overflowing with people, and the benches groaned under the weight of their numbers.

Alice sat at one of the upper tables, her mother on one side, a leering ogre Jonathan didn’t know on her other. Striding forward, he managed, with a scowl and an elbow, to make the fellow, one who sat entirely too close to Alice, shift over enough to allow him to squeeze between them.

Alice twisted on the bench in surprise as he unintentionally jostled and nudged her, trying to claim the small space available. Much to his pleasure, the action left her chest smashed against his. Jonathan found himself quite enjoying the situation for the few seconds it lasted, then the girl blushed bright pink and turned to face forward again.

“Good morn, my lord,” she said.

Jonathan smiled at the strangled sound of her voice, knowing she was embarrassed. He also knew that his own voice would come out similarly at the moment if he used it—but not from embarrassment. The brief and intimate contact of their bodies had left him almost instantly aroused. Clearing his throat, he grunted in greeting and concentrated on the food and drink set before him. He allowed his body to recover before turning his attention again to her.

Those few moments allowed her to recover her composure, he saw. The red had receded from her face, and a slightly dreamy expression had replaced the embarrassed look of only moments before. “Do you have any plans for the day, my lady?” he asked.

“Nay. Why do you ask, my lord?” She glanced at him curiously, then, as he shuffled through his mind for an answer that eluded him, understanding came to her face. A crooked smiled claimed her lips. “Oh, of course. The list.”

“The list?” Jonathan repeated blankly.

“Aye. No doubt you wish to go over the list again . . . now that you have interacted with some of those on it. So that you may cross off those you found unacceptable,” she added when he continued to stare blankly at her.

“Ah, yes,” he murmured. His eyes fell back to his trencher as he contemplated that. It hadn’t really been why he’d sought her out this morning. He couldn’t say why he had; he’d simply wanted to see her. He had been pondering kissing her since his mother had interrupted what he was pretty sure would have been a hell of a kiss. Of course, he couldn’t be positive he would have kissed her. He hadn’t really been thinking at that point. At least, he hadn’t been thinking, I am going to kiss her. Mostly he had been thinking that her

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