The Hummingbird Heart (Haunted Hearts Legacy Book 2) by A.G. Howard

Author:A.G. Howard [Howard, A.G.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Golden Orb Press
Published: 2017-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

Standing in his parlor, Julian pressed an ear against the bedchamber door. He thought he’d heard some movement on the other side. No doubt wishful thinking. Any sound would be muffled by the room’s cushion.

When would they wake up already? They must still think it nighttime. It didn’t help that the sun was enmeshed in storm clouds.

Julian’s night had been long and restless. He still couldn’t believe he’d managed to last the hours without sneaking in to stare at Willow. It had been no easy feat, to attempt sleep in a chair in the parlor, seeing the soft light filter from beneath the bedchamber door; all the while thinking of her body dewy from a bath and encased in his long underwear … sharing the bed with someone else.

Nothing more humiliating than being envious of a six-year-old child.

Julian shoved away from the door and flopped back into the chair that had been his bed last night, attempting to write his tasks for the day in his journal. He needed to return Willow’s hair to the barber and pay the man for any damage to it. He needed to find the shoes. And to that end, he needed to question Mr. Sala and his girls, for he still suspected Medusa was one of the thespians from the troupe.

However, the words wouldn’t slide off his pen. The only goal he wanted to write was: Make love to Willomena, and that would never do. He had a responsibility to see her safely home and unblemished. He couldn’t toy with her innocence so blithely. Though he wouldn’t mind exploring her body in other ways. Growing somber on that thought, he finally settled for two words: Love Willomena.

He’d never considered how deeply interwoven his mind, heart, and libido could be. He’d foolishly thought they could all be kept in separate compartments—giving one precedence and dominion as the other two waited patiently in the background. Until he realized that this particular woman, the one he’d grown up alongside … who he laughed with and fought with throughout his youth, touched every part of him.

He considered it a blessing no one had seen through Willow’s disguise thus far—else he would’ve had a man or two to kill. The unfamiliar prick of possessiveness stabbed at his heart—a venom so potent it scalded his veins with every pump of blood. The thought of another man touching her, hurting her, was worse than unbearable. Yet in some warped, twisted way, it brought him to a place of utter clarity. To know that he could feel so deeply, that such intense emotions could flourish in the wilds of a stoic, straight-laced heart … well, it gave his entire future new vision.

Taking off his spectacles and laying them aside, he pinched the bridge of his nose and strode to the misty window. He pressed his forehead against the chilled glass, his thoughts bouncing like the frothy waves. When he’d first stepped onto the promenade deck just before dawn in search of the captain, he’d been surprised to hear the thunder, to find the skies gray and swollen.

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