The Loyal Heart by Merry Farmer

Author:Merry Farmer [Farmer, Merry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: historical romance, swashbuckling, Medieval, king richard, prince john, romantic humor, Romance, medieval romance, swordplay, derbyshire, history
Amazon: B005R4K75W
Published: 2011-09-28T21:00:00+00:00

Aubrey struggled against Crispin’s arms. He only tried to hold onto her for a moment before letting her to her feet. “They escaped … and you knew it?” The world tipped around her.

“Aubrey, let me explain.”

“You don’t have to marry him!” Toby danced with urgency. “You don’t have to-”

“I already married him!” Her furious eyes whipped back to Crispin.

Toby stumbled backwards. His mouth dropped open and a look of shock and despair washed over him. “I’m too late.”

“Yes, you’re too late!” Aubrey stood swaying between the two men, her fists balled at her sides. She turned and lunged at Crispin, grabbing fistfuls of his tunic even as he grasped her arms to keep her from falling. “You unspeakable bastard! You lied to me! You let me marry you based on a lie! And now…. And now I can’t….”

He couldn’t look her in the eyes. “Aubrey, I…. It’s more complicated than that.”

“So you don’t deny it!”

She had defended him time and time again only to discover that Ethan had been right all along. She stood on her own power and punched him in the gut with as much strength as she could summon.

Crispin’s eyes popped open in surprise. She found strength she was sure had deserted her and struck him again across the face. He staggered back. The assembled villagers gasped. As Crispin raised his head, his eyes raked across her dress.

“You lied to me to get me to the altar!” She ignored the dangerous glint in his wide blue eyes. Her strength was already failing and her knees grew weak. And she had really, really wanted to kick him. “How much longer will you lie to me? Is this entire farce of a marriage to be nothing but a pack of lies?”

She tried to yank the ring off her finger. But her hand had swollen with the heat of the anger that pulsed through her whole body and it would not come off.

“I couldn’t tell you that your friends had escaped,” Crispin defended himself, raising a hand to his sore jaw. “I knew that if I told you then you wouldn’t….” His eyes locked on her dress. The flash of understanding they held couldn’t be ignored anymore.

Her glance flickered down to see a sick red spot growing on the gold brocade over her wound. He mimicking the gesture he’d used to slash at the Bandit, the connection now undeniable. Her secret was out.

“It was you.” Bitterness and betrayal darkened the lines of his face. “All this time it was you, challenging me, making a fool of me.”

There was no point in denying it. “It was.”

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