She Owns the Knight (A Medieval Time Travel Romance) by Darcy Diane

Author:Darcy, Diane [Darcy, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2012-06-23T17:00:00+00:00

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Late the next afternoon, there was finally a knock and Gillian’s level of anger flashed to boiling point as she leapt off the bed and hurried to the heavy door. “Who is it?”

“’Tis Kellen. Unbar the door.”

Mouth tight, Gillian shook her head. What a piece of work. Without so much as a word he’d left her to twiddle her thumbs the entire day, then showed up giving commands. She had no intention of making this easy for him. “How do I know you aren’t a murderer? One can never be too careful about these things.”

“Nay, my lady,” an earnest voice responded. “’Tis truly Lord Marshall.” Her guard, anxious to please after trapping her inside the entire day, was no doubt relieved to offer the good news. She crossed her arms and glared at the door, torn between throwing it open to let Kellen have it, and forcing him to stew in the hall.

Easy decision. After the day she’d had he could cool his heels. “But how do I know it’s him? It could be anyone. It could be a murderer who’s also a voice impersonator. I saw this guy in Las Vegas who—”

“Gillian! Open this door! Now!”

She hesitated, considering. She didn’t want him to disappear in a huff before she finally had the chance to give him a piece of her mind so she lifted the bar, swung the door wide, and glared at Kellen.

He stared back, face impassive, his amber gaze raking up and down her gown-clad body before he moved forward, forcing her to step back. He crossed the room, pulled in the sheet she’d dangled out the window, lifted it up and looked at the painted words. Throwing it across the bed he asked, “What is written here?”

“Trapped in the tower. Call 911. But maybe it should have said 999. It might have brought better results here in England.”

His brows furrowed. “What does it signify?”

Gillian stepped forward to admire her handiwork. “It means rescue me. I thought with all those knight-in-shining-armor types running around I’d get a few takers, but apparently you’re all a bunch of poseurs.” She glared at the guard hovering in the doorway and Kellen, following her gaze, quickly dismissed him.

He sighed. “Gillian, you are well aware keeping you thus is for thy protection.”

Gillian’s fists clenched. “The other ladies weren’t confined to quarters. Only me.” Her eyes started to burn and she looked down, unwilling to cry and suffer swollen and gritty eyes again.

She took a calming breath. “I hated being grounded as a child and I find it even less appealing as an adult.”

“Gillian.” He reached out, held her arms, and tried to draw her forward, but when she jerked away he sighed again. “I understand your anger with me. ’Tis my fault you were not kept safe. ’Tis a mistake I won’t repeat.”

“So what are you saying?” Her calm deserted her as she threw a hand in the air. “I get to be confined to my bedroom for the rest of my life so you don’t make any mistakes?”

He gritted his teeth.

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