Love's Fury by Kristen Cobb

Author:Kristen Cobb [Cobb, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-11T22:00:00+00:00

Rory was sitting on the bed, barefoot but dressed, when she flew into his bedroom. Landing at the foot of the bed she noticed her clothes and sword on the storage trunk. Throwing her belongings onto the foot of the bed she opened the lid. Choosing a black tunic with gold threaded designs sewn into the cuffs and hem she slipped it on over her head. Black happened to be Conri’s favorite color.

“Something wrong with your clothes?” Rory sounded ever so slightly annoyed but his heated gaze looking her over from head to toe told a completely different tale. He liked seeing her in nothing but his tunic.

She fully understood Rory had feelings for her that went beyond friendship. He wanted her in his bed at the very least. She would simply have to trust in his loyalty to Conri. “They have not been washed since before I left for Leinster to see Dermot. All of my clean clothes are in Conri’s chamber. I cannot stand the smell of myself in them any longer.” Moving her clothes and sword back onto the lid of the trunk she wrinkled her nose in disgust as she glanced down at the filthy garments.

“I will have someone fetch them in the morning. Close the shutters then come sit, let me tell you about the chaos that continued after your abrupt disappearance.”

Walking across the wood floor to the window took no more than four short strides. After spending time at Kaelan’s the chamber seemed even smaller than before. Staring out the window for a moment she looked up at the stars. She considered spending the night outside on the tower roof but knew Conri would probably sleep there. Was he up there now staring at the sky? Would she ever stop thinking about him? Maybe someday memories of him would not be so painful.

Turning around she made her way back across the room. A dark green quilt covered the bed along with a pile of blankets beneath it. With no hearth in the bedchambers to allow for a fire the only way to stay warm was multiple blankets and shared body heat whenever possible, reminding her that sleeping in the same bed with Rory would be a requirement of this deception they were perpetrating.

Settling back against the wall at the head of the bed she took a deep breath for fortitude. Thankfully Rory’s tunic reached her knees, keeping everything covered. “What happened after I left?” A sudden thought caused a wave of panic. “Has something happened to Conri?” She sat up straight, turning her whole body to face Rory, crossing her legs up under the tunic.

“Relax, Conri is fine. Actually I was surprised to see him in such excellent condition. He lost quite a bit of weight but otherwise…”

“They tortured him.” She could not allow Rory to believe Conri suffered no ill treatment. He needed to know what Conri had been through because her husband would certainly never do the telling. Rory could be trusted with the most private of details.

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