The Blood and The Bloom (Men of Blood Book 1) by Rosamund Winchester & Dragonblade Publishing

Author:Rosamund Winchester & Dragonblade Publishing [Winchester, Rosamund]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2018-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

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Bell Heather finished pissing and rearranged her tunic, kicking at the hem with the toe of her new boots. She was both pleased and appalled, angry and appreciative. She hated that she liked Tristin’s thoughtfulness, and that she knew it was foolish to think his gesture anything other than his duty. But…she couldn’t ignore how a simple gift made her belly flip and her heart shudder.

They are just boots, for Dagda’s sake! She grumbled obscenities—one’s she’d learned from Maude—before shooting to her feet to let Robert know she was ready to go back. When she’d stormed from the cottage, she hadn’t cared if Robert kept up, or that he might assume she was trying to escape. All she cared about was getting as far away from Tristin and his chilly disdain as possible.

From behind the bush where she’d relieved herself, she really couldn’t see Robert. She could only hear the snapping of twigs and the huffing of his panting, so she knew he was there, silently waiting on her to finish so they could go back and he could fill his angry belly.

She snorted, remembering how the man whined.

Turning in a slow circle, she looked for her escort. She’d chosen a bush that was part of a wild hedge that grew along a slender stream. There were trees on all sides, any of which he could he standing behind.

Watching her.

A trickling of alarm skittering up her back. She shuddered.

“Robert?” she called out, “I am ready to return now.”

When only the chirping of birds replied, she tried again. “Robert! I am not in the mood for such play. And I doubt Captain Tristin would find it humorous, either,” she intoned, steel in her voice.

A thudded sounded, close and loud, and Bell Heather turned toward it. The double-chinned swine from early emerged from behind a wide oak, a terrible glimmering in his bird-like eyes, and a sneer on his thick lips.

Bell Heather watched him as he approached, his body was large, sweat poured from his forehead, and his protruding belly made him look like a pregnant sow.

Though the image was ridiculous, the tension coiling in the air robbed her of her jollity.

“Where is Robert?” she asked, side stepping him as he tried to stand in front of her.

The pig’s smile grew. “He was hungry…I relieved him so he could eat,” he answered, his tone laden with untruths.

Bell Heather took another step backward as fear wound its way through her body.

“Let us go back, then. I do not wish to keep the captain waiting,” she said, a tremor in her voice betraying her.

Gaubin took another step closer, and she took another step back.

This is not right. Run! Find Tristin! Flicking her gaze toward the cover of the trees, Bell Heather’s heart stopped when a blood-curdling yell split the air. She let out a scream of her own, and spun to look at Gaubin.

“What is that?” she cried. The unmistakable clatter of steel striking steel rang out, and everything within her turned to ice.

Gaubin’s

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