Once An Angel by Teresa Medeiros

Author:Teresa Medeiros [Medeiros, Teresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

I still long to think of you as a child.

One by one the candle flames winked out, leaving the Christmas tree shrouded in darkness. Justin stood unmoving, hands in pockets, as the maid set down the brass snuffer and brushed past him, averting her eyes. Two footmen wheeled away the shiny velocipede, their voices lowered to somber whispers.

Outside the drawing room windows the sky faded from dull pewter to smoky black. Servants came and went, sweeping away the last traces of mistletoe and tinsel until Justin stood alone, the naked tree towering over him like the specter of his own folly. He reached up and plucked a stray holly leaf from the gilt cage where the mechanical birds now hung in silence.

Penfeld appeared in the doorway, clutching a stuffed bear nearly as big as himself. He cleared his throat before speaking. "Sir, there's still the matter of the pony."

Justin ran his thumb over the sharp points of the leaf, remembering how Trini had laid the sprig of greenery at Emily's feet to welcome her into their lives. At least the native hadn't been foolish enough to lay his heart there.

"Have the groom stable it for tonight. It can be returned in the morning."

"Aye, sir. As you wish." The valet hesitated as if he would have liked to say something more, then Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html

hefted the bear to his shoulder and lumbered away.

How could he have been such a fool? Justin wondered. Emily had scattered clues like the crimson petals of the pohutukawas along every path he took, but his own obsessive desire had blinded him. Could he blame only himself, though, when she had deliberately and maliciously deceived him about her identity?

As the full realization of her betrayal struck him, a new emotion ribboned through his self-contempt—anger, dark and compelling and dangerous. His gaze lifted to the ceiling above his head.

His terse interview with Miss Winters had provided some of the answers he sought, but he had some questions of his own for the elusive Miss Scarborough. Ignoring the prick of its points, he crumpled the shiny leaf in his hand and started for the stairs.

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