The Inherited Bride by Maisey Yates

Author:Maisey Yates [Yates, Maisey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Adult
ISBN: 9780263219531
Google: e32Y1A_MIRkC
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2010-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Isabella couldn’t sleep. It was comfortable in the tent; the night air of the desert was cool. She could hear thick drops of rain hitting the canvas roof, beating on it mercilessly. She knew that sudden downpours, along with flash flooding, were common in this region. But it wasn’t fear that kept her awake.

No. She was so hot inside. Burning. Emotions were at war with desire—a desire that was growing quickly into a need as powerful as her need for food. Water. Breath.

She didn’t know what it was she felt for Adham. She wasn’t certain she wanted to know. It was nothing she had planned. She’d wanted to get to know herself better. To find out if she liked blue because she liked it, or because her mother had told her it flattered her coloring. She’d found a lot more than that, and with it she’d started a battle inside herself.

She swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood, padding out into the living area. Adham was there, reclining on a divan, his eyes closed, his muscles tensed, sleep obviously eluding him.

“You can’t sleep either?” She pulled her robe tightly around herself. Beneath the robe she was wearing the peach negligee, but she felt reasonably secure with thick terrycloth covering her curves.

“I don’t sleep very often.” He opened his eyes and straightened.

She noticed his jaw tighten, noticed the muscles in his forearms tensing as he looked at her. A rush of feminine satisfaction rocked her. Never had she felt more beautiful than in that moment—barefoot, in a robe, and making Adham very uncomfortable.

“It’s hard for you to rest and it’s hard for you to smile,” she said, feeling sad for him. He really was an example of life experience being a bad thing. She wished she could shield him from it. Offer him some comfort. She wished it with everything she had.

The ring on her left hand suddenly felt very heavy. Because it was holding her back, keeping her from what she desired most. She had thought it was freedom that she wanted, but freedom seemed like an empty, elusive thing now. Something that didn’t matter—not if she had it alone, not if she didn’t have Adham.

“But everything else is so easy for me,” he said, dark humor lacing his voice.

“That is true. I won’t challenge you there.” She pulled a downy blanket from one of the sofas and sat on the soft floor, wrapping the blanket around her shoulders. “Duty and honor—that seems to come easily to you. You want to do it. I … I’m just sort of going along with it. It seems meaningless. But you … it means something to you.”

“Because I have seen what happens when men turn from it. If I do not protect the High Sheikh, who will? If I do not put my all into protecting my people, where does that leave them? I cannot turn away from it. I cannot resent it.”

“I resent my lot in life plenty.”

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