Lydia Dare Wolf Bundle by Lydia Dare

Author:Lydia Dare [Dare, Lydia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781402262418
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Published: 2009-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

Elspeth pushed against his hard chest. “Put me down.” His hold tightened instead, and her temper began to rise. “Ben, I said put me down,” she said more forcefully.

“What’s wrong, Ellie?” he asked, allowing her to slide down his body until she was back on her feet.

“We canna start for London tomorrow.”

He blinked at her, his hazel eyes shrouded in confusion. “Why not?”

The man seemed so intelligent most of the time. Why had he picked now to play a dolt? “Have ye not heard a word I said, Ben?”

“I hear every word you say. I like the sound of your voice.”

So now he was going to try to be charming? Well, Elspeth wasn’t going to let him distract her. “I want ta go ta London. I want… no, I need ta find my father, livin’ or dead, one way or the other. But I canna leave tomorrow.”

Ben frowned at her. So he had listened to her; he just didn’t remember what she’d said. Well, that seemed like something a wife should know. “Benjamin Westfield, I told ye this very mornin’ that I wouldna leave until ye were healed. Everythin’ I need is here—”

“About that,” he interrupted, and his frown darkened. “There’s no need to wait, Elspeth; you won’t be healing me.”

If he’d sprouted wings or burst into flame she wouldn’t have been more surprised. “I willna be healin’ ye?”

He shook his head. “And I’d like to get a start on our journey ahead. I’m certain my mother will love you. I’m anxious for you to meet her. And…”

Elspeth stopped listening and she stumbled backward. He didn’t have any faith in her. He didn’t think she could do it.

A numbness washed over her and she blinked back her tears.

“Ellie,” she heard him say, but she shook her head. She hadn’t thought anything through. She’d been so caught up in her feelings for him, she hadn’t asked the right questions or heard the right answers. And now she was married to a man who didn’t believe in her.

Ben’s arm wrapped around her and kept her from falling. His concerned expression pulled at her heart, and she couldn’t look in his eyes for fear that she couldn’t contain her tears. “Let me go, Ben.”

“You don’t look well, sweetheart.” He directed her to the settee. “Here, sit.” Then he sat beside her, clutching her hands in his. “Are you still feeling weak?”

She shook her head, still not meeting his eyes. “I think maybe ye should go ta London without me.” Her words surprised her as much as they seemed to surprise him if his gasp was any indication.

“I beg your pardon?”

Elspeth stared at their entwined hands. “Ye can talk ta yer major for me. Ye doona need me.” The last bit was especially hard to get out; the truth that he didn’t need her stung in her throat.

“Elspeth Westfield,” he growled near her ear. “I’m not going anywhere without you. Now, tell me what’s wrong.”

“People here trust me, Ben. They need me.”

“Well, they can all hang.

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