The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason

Author:Colleen Gleason [Gleason, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
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ISBN: 9781440657214
Goodreads: 7025668
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2007-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Miss Grantworth Acquires the Headache

It wasn’t quite as easy getting to the Silver Chalice as Victoria had envisioned it.

She’d forgotten that her fiance was taking her to the theater that evening. And she’d rather been looking forward to seeing the latest rendition of Master Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

She told herself that the odd squirming feeling in her middle had nothing to do with the fact that she would see Sebastian again… it was because she hoped Phillip wouldn’t question her when she claimed the headache immediately at the end of the play.

That way she could see the program, but then be required to return home immediately instead of arriving late at a posttheater ball or taking a stroll through Covent Gardens. The curtain rose at seven thirty and the theater normally let out by eleven.

If Barth were there with his hackney by midnight, that would give Victoria plenty of opportunity to pay a visit to the Silver Chalice and return home in time to get several hours of sleep before her wedding gown fitting.

Perfect.

And it actually worked according to plan. There weren’t even any vampires at the Drury Lane Theatre, nor did even the slightest chill skitter across Victoria’s neck during the trip there and back. In fact, there had been a dearth of vampires since the fights at Redfield Manor, and Victoria began to wonder if she and Max had fairly cleared out a good portion of Lilith’s army. Perhaps the vampire queen had gone into hiding and was licking her wounds, or, better yet, perhaps she’d left the country.

“Are you certain there is nothing I can do for you?” asked Phillip as he led her up the walk to Grantworth House. He was clearly disappointed at having their evening cut short, but he’d handled it with grace and concern, as she’d known he would.

“Thank you, darling, but a bit of rest and Verbena’s peppermint tea is all I need. I am sure to be fresh as a daisy tomorrow,” she told him. “And I had best be so, for Madame LeClaire is attending me for a gown fitting.”

Jimmons had opened the door for them, and Phillip followed Victoria over the threshold. “Now that, my lovely, is something I would pay dearly to see.” His smile, warm and crooked, told her that he knew it was only a matter of time before he would have his desire fulfilled.

Glancing about as if to assure himself that Jimmons had retreated, Phillip took her shoulders, and under the gentle pressure of his fingers she stepped toward him. Her breasts brushed the buttons of his coat, the folds of her skirt jutted around and between his trousers, and one foot slid between his.

Another guiding movement from his fingers, and she came closer and had to draw in her breath because they were close, touching at hip, thigh, and foot. And then mouth. Warm, slick, tender, he kissed her.

If she’d truly been suffering from a headache, Victoria was sure it would have flown as easily from her head as all other thought actually did.

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