The Courage to Love by Samantha Kane

Author:Samantha Kane
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Book/Menage
ISBN: 9781419906039
Publisher: Jasmine Jade
Published: 2006-04-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Lord Michael Kensington blew on his cold fingers as he leaned against the fence across from the Collier house. It had gone unusually cold this evening, and he regretted his rash agreement to do a favor for Tony and Jason. What on earth was he supposed to be watching for? They had been very vague about it all, merely suggesting he keep an eye out for “anything unusual”. Well, was that anything unusual going in, or anything unusual coming out? Because right now, there was a rather tall girl, with long unbound dark hair blowing in the wind, sneaking out of the side door.

Her cloak said gentry, not servant, and Michael instinctively knew this must be Miss Veronica Thomas, the niece. Other than her name Jason hadn’t said a thing about her. He’d expected a little thing, not this beautiful Amazon, with curves to make a man’s mouth water, and hair to build fantasies around.

Just as she moved to open the gate and slip into the alley, Michael loped across the street.

“Hallo! Miss Thomas! Just where do you think you’re going?” he called out in a low voice, trying not to be overheard by the neighbors.

The girl squeaked, literally squeaked, as she slammed the gate shut between them. “Who the devil are you?” she demanded. “And how do you know my name?”

A closer inspection of the girl did not disappoint. She had crackling dark eyes and a plump face, with rosy cheeks, and redder lips. He had a quick vision of her nibbling on those lips right before she opened her mouth wide at just the right angle… He refused to finish the thought. She was a mere child, albeit a well-developed one.

He swept her an exaggerated bow. “Lord Michael Kensington, Miss Thomas, and I know your name because Lord Randall told it to me.”

She immediately looked around and began to nibble on the nail of her little finger, clearly an unconscious nervous gesture. Michael wondered what she was nervous about.

“Is Jason around, then?” she queried in a small voice.

“No, which is why he asked me to watch the house. He seemed concerned for some reason.”

Veronica—no, he told himself, Miss Thomas—looked relieved. “Oh, well, you can tell him everything is fine, then. Go on, shoo, shoo,” she said to him, going so far as to wave him off like a troublesome cat.

“Is it, then?” he asked conversationally. “Why are you sneaking out in the middle of the night?”

She immediately straightened her shoulders to an imposing height, though shorter than his, and huffed as she raised her nose in the air. “I was doing no such thing. I have an appointment this evening, is all. A very important appointment, so if you would be so kind as to run along, I need to be going.”

“Oh, right, then,” Michael agreed, opening the gate for her as she swept past him. He fell into step beside her. “I’ll just walk you to your appointment. Isn’t safe for a pretty girl like yourself on the streets at night.

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