Once a Bride by Shari Anton

Author:Shari Anton [ANTON, SHARI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC027050
ISBN: 9780446550987
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2008-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Isolde handed Tim the food packet. “I had Cook gather enough for three days, plus a bit extra. Ye will take care.”

Tim brushed the tear from the corner of her eye, loath to let it fall. No one had ever cared enough for him to cry over him before, and he wasn’t sure how to deal with it.

“Have no fears on my account.”

“I wish ye did not have to go, too.”

“Where Sir Roland goes, I go. ’Tis the life of a squire.”

“I know, but still …”

“Come now, do not be sad. I will not be gone long.”

She heaved a great sigh, her pert, ripe breasts rising and lowering, distracting him from his purpose. He gave himself a mental shake. Roland was waiting in the stable. He couldn’t tarry.

Wineskin and food packet in one arm, Tim gathered the bedrolls in the other. “Come walk with me a way, tell me what you will do while I am gone.”

She smiled then, that endearing curve of mouth he would miss greatly. “Perhaps I shall make progress on Lady Eloise’s gown. She particularly wants the blue one finished before Christmas.”

Tim wondered where he’d be at Christmas. Still here at Lelleford? Or off with Sir Roland somewhere else? Perhaps at the king’s court, or maybe at the St. Marten’s estate. Either way, ’twas unlikely he’d spend the holiday with Isolde.

Or any other holiday for that matter. He was but a squire, with nothing to his name, with nothing to offer her, and they both knew and accepted it. ’Twas foolhardy to wish for more.

“You like to sew?”

“I am good at it, and it gives me pleasure to see people wear something I have made.” She stopped then. They hadn’t quite reached the inner gate. “Would ye do me a great favor?”

Didn’t she know he’d go to great lengths to please her?

“Whatever you require, sweetling.”

Her smile widened briefly at the endearment, then faded. “If you see Edgar, will ye give him my love, tell him not to worry over me? I am sure it sits hard with him.”

Isolde worried over her brother, who all assumed languished in the Tower with Sir John. She asked a favor Timothy doubted he would get a chance to grant.

“We are not traveling so far as London. Sir Roland hopes to find Lady Eloise soon after nooning and return by nightfall.”

“So Sir Roland intends. If his plan goes awry, and I assure ye Lady Eloise will do all in her power to see that it does, will ye speak to Edgar for me?”

“Sir Roland is not easily swayed.”

Isolde simply tilted her head, and in that small motion he caught an admonishment for not immediately agreeing to do her will. She’d learned that from Lady Eloise, Tim was sure. What could he do but comply?

“All right. Should I happen to see Edgar, I will give him your regards and assure him you are well. Satisfied?”

Her bright smile was all the reward he required, the brief kiss she planted on his cheek an added boon.

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