Los Cielos by Michelle L. Levigne

Author:Michelle L. Levigne [Levigne, Michelle L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance, 19th Century
ISBN: 9781601741608
Publisher: Uncial Press
Published: 2013-05-17T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Lita settled into a niche in the rock where she could look out into the daylight with just a turn of her head, without being seen. Straight ahead of her, she could watch Eduardo. He wasn't asleep. She thought she knew him well enough by now to be sure he wouldn't let himself sleep until they were at the meeting place designated by the Black Monks.

Learning that Eduardo's mother was a Black Monk was nearly as surprising as learning she wasn't dead, as he'd believed. But knowing where the Black Monks recruited their new members, Lita wondered if she should be surprised at all.

"Are you hungry?"

The angle of the shadows outside indicated they still had time until true noon, but she needed something to start the conversation.

"No. Thank you." Eduardo uncurled from the nest he had made with blankets their allies had left. He settled back in a cup in the rock matching hers. "Are you all right?"

"Yes."

"Did Esteban..." He sighed and shook his head and looked away. As if there was anything to see inside their hiding place.

"He kissed my hand several times, and asked if I were still a virgin. What a hypocrite, to care so much about my sexual activity and not apologize for his own." She sniffed and tossed her head like a petulant debutante.

Eduardo didn't laugh as she had hoped. He didn't even crack a smile.

She sighed. "No, he didn't force me. If I had stayed, he probably would have tried to charm his way into my bed. Of course, he talked about our wedding, so maybe he didn't feel there was any hurry."

"Did you agree to marry him?"

"He never asked. He just gave orders. Some I refused, some I ignored, others... I tried to let him know it was only politeness that had me cooperating." Lita slid out of her seat and down the steps in the rock. She wondered if the chamber in the rock was natural, or something the Black Monks had fashioned in their centuries of existence.

Why did her mind go in hundreds of useless, disparate directions when she should be concentrating on following the Black Monks' instructions?

She knew exactly why. The answer sat before her, watching her cross the rubble of the cave floor with hooded, dark eyes. It was easier to latch onto mundane details than face the speculations that kept trying to creep into her thoughts and fill her with a strange, giddy hope.

Was she wrong, or had Eduardo's mother given her blessing, perhaps even a backwards command, for them to marry?

"It's nearly noon. Mother Superior said at noon, the guards change. No one expects intruders to move about at noon, when there is no shade to hide, so that's the best time to do it."

"Did she also tell us where we're to go?" He spoke softly, lying still and limp as if nothing mattered to him. Somehow, Lita felt sure he was coiled tighter than twenty clock springs, but he had had long practice in hiding his true nature.

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