Never Dare a Hellion by Dawn Brower

Author:Dawn Brower [Brower, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dawn Brower
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Sutton woke drenched in sweat and uncertain of where he was. The room was encased in darkness. He jolted upward and stared around him. This wasn’t his bed, and definitely not his home.

“I see ye are awake,” a man said.

“Who is there?” Sutton searched the darkness in the direction the man’s voice had come from. It was too dark to make out any features.

“Ye know who I am.” The man leaned forward but was nothing but a shadow moving in the blackness of the room. “Has yer illness made ye daft?”

Illness? Sutton leaned back. His head still throbbed something fierce. He’d been sick. He recalled that now, even though he wished he could forget it. Christiana had shot him, and the wound had filled with infection. She’d been in the room with him earlier and had apologized again. Something he never believed her capable of doing once, let alone twice. She’d been…upset. “Where is Lady Christiana?”

“The lass is fine,” Tior said.

“I’ll judge that for myself,” Sutton insisted. “Take me to her.”

“She’s already retired for the evening,” Tior replied in a casual tone. “And yer bedchamber is no place for a lady…even if she’s yer intended.”

What the blazes was Tior talking about. Did he actually believe that Christiana was his fiancée? He’d claimed she was his wife at the inn, and well he’d told Tior’s henchmen she was his fiancée. Did the innkeeper spread some gossip? No it was more likely his men told him. Either way it was a damned mess. Bloody hell… He’d started to think he might have to marry her, and the lord knew part of him wanted to; however, he also knew her. Christiana would not willingly join him at the altar. “I’m not wedding anyone,” he ground out the words.

“Aye, ye are,” Tior said in a deadly calm tone. It made Sutton’s blood run cold. “I’ll not have ye ruining that poor lass’s reputation.”

He lifted a brow even though he knew Tior couldn’t see him any more than Sutton could see him. “Why are you being an arse?”

“I’m not the one being a bloody fool,” he said in that same calm tone. “Ye are. Do ye not care what ye are doing tae that lass? It’s clear as the day is long she’s in love with ye.”

Sutton gritted his teeth together in frustration. He still hadn’t fully recovered from his sickness, but he was definitely better. Not in any shape to fight Tior over Christiana’s reputation. “Since when are you so concerned about any woman’s reputation.” He wasn’t sure if Lady Christiana loved him. She might care about him, but love was a stretch.

Tior was silent for several heartbeats. Then something, probably his feet, shuffled against the floor. A few seconds after light filled the room as Tior used a nearby tinderbox to light the candles in the candelabra on the table. “There, that is better. This conversation in the dark has been taxing. I want you tae see my face when I say this.”

Sutton didn’t tell him he was glad he had lit the candle.

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