Notorious by Virginia Henley

Author:Virginia Henley
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2007-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

That night in bed, Brianna could not sleep because of the heavy thoughts that pressed down upon her. It was untenable to think of the gallant Roger Mortimer in prison. Even worse, the thought of Wolf’s incarceration was unbearably painful. He has a natural wildness. It will be unendurable for him to be fettered or caged.

Brianna’s chest began to tighten. She tried to breathe deeply, fighting the hands that squeezed inside her chest. The old terror from her childhood stole upon her. The children at her eighth birthday party had been playing hide-and-seek and she had hidden in a heavy oak settle. She had been trapped for hours in the dark, confined space that had no air, and imagined she was going to die. Panic began to slowly choke her. She couldn’t move. She couldn’t scream. She couldn’t think. She couldn’t breathe!

Brianna’s eardrums began to pulse and gradually, she realized it was the sound of rain against her windowpane. It broke her trance and she shot up out of bed and drew in gulps of air. She remembered that it was ten-year-old Lincoln Robert who had freed her from that heavy oak settle, and knew that was the moment she had begun to love him.

Brianna still felt too confined and was compelled to go outside. She put on her dark cloak and went up to the crenellated castle roof. In the lovely fresh air, she lifted her face to the raindrops and breathed deeply. She felt better, but sad thoughts of Wolf Mortimer’s confinement lingered. I cannot free Wolf, but tomorrow I will visit Shadow and make sure she has a day of freedom in the forest.

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