Phoenix Under Siege by Anna Albergucci

Author:Anna Albergucci
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical/time travel
Publisher: Anna Albergucci
Published: 2016-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

I’d spent a great deal of time with the prince during the weeks of our stay at Sedwic’s Wedlove.

He had sought me out.

For the first two weeks I’d kept him at arm’s-length, using most of my brainpower dreaming of Devon’s licentious offer and what it would provide. Dreams like being on an intimate basis with him. Being seen in public with him with everyone in his world knowing I was his mistress. Kissing him or embracing him freely whenever I wanted. I dreamed of how it would feel to make love to him and—Oh God—how it would feel to experience him making love to me. Moreover, how would it feel to fall asleep in his arms and wake up in those arms only to indulge again?

Many times I’d blinked out of my fantasies to find the prince gazing hypnotically into my eyes. Even now, when he would do that, I’d find myself blushing and chew my lip. Yet that, too, seemed to affect him.

Those weren’t the only thoughts he’d caught me dwelling on, though. Regardless of my happier thoughts of becoming Devon’s mistress, I was no fool. Not only had I contemplated the pleasures and rewards of being Devon’s lover, I’d also mulled over the major downsides. How would we be able to carry on an affair with me living in the twenty-first century and in an entirely different country? Would he travel to see me each time he wanted to be with me, or would he simply expect me to come to him when he had a need? And too, could I stand that vast expanse of time and space between us?

Furthermore, what if I got pregnant? How could I explain to my child, or possibly children, they were the bastard offspring of a duke who’d lived two centuries before them?

And what if Devon tired of me? Would he simply never come to me again, leaving me no way to reach him and no closure in our relationship? I didn’t want to believe him capable of that, but had to admit I couldn’t be certain; intimacy changed people if they were not truly in love. And though I loved him, maybe he would never love me. If so, and he tired of me, would I end up a bitter woman, filled with anger and remorse for my choices?

If this wasn’t enough to worry about, as the weeks had passed and Devon hadn’t returned for us, I’d started obsessing over the other woman I believed he was searching for. Had he found her, won her back, and did he make love to her day after day in London? Had he forgotten everything but that woman, and that’s why he hadn’t returned for us? I couldn’t even stand the idea of it, much less if it was reality.

And, my God, the most horrible thought of all was to think he was lying dead as a result of some duel.

With such stifling images accosting my mind for those first two weeks, and being battered with endless questions, my brain and heart had screamed for escape.

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