The Heir by Alexa Aston & Dragonblade Publishing

Author:Alexa Aston & Dragonblade Publishing [Aston, Alexa & Publishing, Dragonblade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Medieval
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2019-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Cassiana couldn’t believe that her wedding would occur in three days. The castle’s harvest home celebration had gone even better than expected. Though Landon’s wounds were still fresh, he’d participated in the feasting and dancing with nary a complaint. From her visits to the training yard since then, all seemed well with the men. More than a few of them had made a point to apologize to her for their behavior. She’d directed them to her future husband, saying no apologies were due her—only to Lord Landon.

“My lady, Lord Nicholas has been sighted from the wall walk,” Messina said.

Putting aside her sewing, Cassiana made her way downstairs. Landon came out of the records room, where he’d been sequestered with Hobart all morning. The two men had spent several hours going over various ledgers the past week and Landon seemed comfortable now discussing the estate’s business.

Cassiana greeted him and said, “Messina just informed me that Lord Nicholas’ party will arrive soon. Would you care to greet him with me?”

“I would.”

Landon’s warm smile made her tingle inside. Soon, something would come of all those tingles. He hadn’t kissed her since the day she’d stepped up with a sword in hand to defend his name and honor. He’d thanked her and given her a brief kiss in the solar but hadn’t touched her since.

It was driving Cassiana insane.

She’d never longed for a man’s touch. She wondered if her mother had experienced anything similar toward her father. It was hard to remember how they’d behaved toward one another since so many years had passed after her mother’s death. Cassiana rarely saw her parents together when she was young. It seemed her mother gave birth to a new babe every year so they must have spent some time together.

But did her father make her mother feel as if she were the only woman in the world? That’s how Cassiana felt when Landon looked at her. Kissed her. Touched her. She recalled the one time when his fingers brushed against her breasts. How they’d swollen and ached. How her nipples pebbled in need, yearning for him to stroke them.

Soon, it would come to pass. She only hoped she wouldn’t disappoint him. He had lived at the world of the royal court and she assumed, because of his good looks, that he’d had his pick of any number of ladies. Cassiana could only hope she wouldn’t compare poorly.

Together, they descended the stairs to stand at the foot of the keep, awaiting the arrival of their first wedding guests. Cassiana supposed they would do this together many times over the coming years. It pleased her that Landon was friends with Nicholas Mandeville. The Earl of Northmere was a superb leader and wielded much influence in Northumberland. If he championed Landon, she knew the other northern nobles would do the same.

She looked forward to meeting Nicholas’ wife. No invitation had been extended to his wedding and Cassiana had heard rumors that the wife first married the father and then, by proxy, the son.

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