Lord of Ice by Gaelen Foley

Author:Gaelen Foley [Foley, Gaelen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2012-02-05T16:17:48+00:00

Damien stared quellingly at him. “And you are?”

“Oliver Quinn, my lord, at your service. This is the Honorable Nigel Stanhope.” He jerked a gruff nod at his friend, who bowed to Damien with a hapless smile. The skinny one seemed to realize, if the husky one had not, that he verged on insult, daring to reproach the famed Colonel Lord Winterley on how he went about protecting his ward.

Or failed to, in this case. “I see.”

“I wish I’d had my horse, I tell you,” Ollie blustered on. “I’d have ridden after that carriage and found out who that driver was.”

“I’m sure you’re very gallant, Mr. Quinn,” Miranda said with an uncomfortable smile. She soon managed to dismiss him as the signal sounded for the end of intermission.

“What happened?” Damien demanded in a low tone, leaning toward her as the young fops cleared the box.

“It was nothing, honestly,” she whispered back. “When I was shopping on Bond Street yesterday, a runaway coach went by a bit close. I didn’t know how madly people drive in Town.”

“Miranda!”

“I was in no real danger, my lord.”

“It sounds as though you could have been seriously injured.”

“No, no, I was well out of the way. That’s why I didn’t mention it. There’s no cause for alarm.”

“You have to be on your guard in the city, Miranda. This isn’t Yardley village.”

“I know that now. I know I’m a provincial, but I’ll get used to it. Please don’t be cross.”

He set his jaw, cursing himself for keeping a distance between them when it could have led to her being in danger. Intolerable. I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t. “I should have been with you,” he said through gritted teeth.

She fluttered her borrowed fan. “No, you shouldn’t.”

“Why not?” he retorted.

“Because I was trying to buy you a Christmas present. If you had been there, I should not have been able to get you a surprise.”

Her reply took him aback. When she smiled, gazing into his eyes, he dropped his gaze and shook his head, feeling his cheeks flush slightly. Maybe keeping her at arm’s length was not the right thing to do, merely the easy thing. What did he know? For a man used to meeting dangerous situations with expertise, the girl had the power to reduce him to a bumbling fool.

“Everything you do surprises me,” he muttered.

“Oh? You haven’t seen anything yet,” she murmured, sliding him a wicked look; then she settled back into her chair to watch the show.

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