Smitten with My Christmas Minx: Linked Across Time Book 15 by Dawn Brower

Author:Dawn Brower
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Monarchal Glenn Press

Devon stared at the ceiling of his room at the inn. He’d been in luck and they had a room available. Most people were home with their families for the holidays. He felt a little bad having to stay at the inn and making them work when they normally wouldn’t have to. He was a horrible person, and that wasn’t the first time he thought in the past several hours.

Guilt overwhelmed him and it grew exponentially with each passing moment. Was Merrifield right? Should he go to the ball and get on his knees before Addie and beg her to marry him? Would that make the guilt go away or would it make it all worse? Devon didn’t know what he should do, and he ached in places he didn’t know he had inside of him.

Maybe if he ate something, he’d feel better. Which sounded stupid, but he had to do something. He was going a little crazy on his own, and he didn’t understand why. This wasn’t the first time he’d been on his own. He was actually quite accustomed to it.

Devon left his room and went down to the main room. It was empty. That didn’t surprise him, but he thought someone would be around. Could he even order anything to eat? He turned around and considered going back to his room. He deserved to starve anyway.

“Can I help you, my lord?” a woman asked.

He turned toward the sound of her voice. She had dark hair streaked with silver and hazel eyes. Her clothes were a little threadbare, and she was on the thin side. Looking at her made him slightly uncomfortable. “I had hoped to find something to eat.”

“We have a nice mutton stew if that will satisfy your needs,” she said. The woman turned her head to the side. “If you don’t mind me saying…you look a little rough around the edges. Are you all right?”

Devon feared he’d never be all right again. “Mutton Stew is fine.” He didn’t know how to respond to her assessment of his appearance.

“I’ll have one of the girls bring it out.” She paused and glanced at him. “Unless you prefer it be brought to your room.”

“No,” he said after a moment of thought. “I’d prefer to eat here.”

He sat down at a table and waited for her to bring him his stew. A younger girl came out with it along with a pint of ale and a chunk of bread. It was a simple meal, but he didn’t mind that. The girl set it on the table before him. “Will there be anything else my lord?”

“No thank you,” he said. “This is perfect.”

With those words, she left him alone to enjoy his meal. He dipped the bread into the stew and took a bite. It was good. Perhaps the best mutton stew he’d ever eaten. After he finished, he pushed the empty bowl to the side and lifted the ale up and sipped it. He didn’t much care for ale, but he didn’t mind it once in a while.

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