The Tin Rose by Anne Renwick

Author:Anne Renwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780997747591
Publisher: Anne Renwick

“Emily!” Luca dove, channeling every last scrap of control left to him into reaching with his left arm, wrapping it about Emily’s waist, rolling—over and over—away from the blackness that had opened beneath her feet.

Finally, at a safe distance, they stopped.

“Did she…?” Emily choked, unable to finish the thought aloud.

Fall to her death? He jerked a nod. “Yes.”

He pulled her against his chest and pressed a kiss to her forehead. Silent, they clung to each other, absorbing the enormity of the situation as their hearts pounded and lungs heaved.

The belladonna poison must have worked. Or perhaps the wolfsbane had finally run its course.

His Puri daj staggered over to them in the dwindling rain, hand pressed to her mouth. Assured of their safety, her eyes lifted, staring out at the horizon.

Emily’s next words came on a whisper. “I know you did not mean—”

“Never doubt my love for you.” A convincing lie had been the best he could manage. “You are the only woman I want to marry, and I would die a slow death if you were to abandon me to raise our child in another man’s home.”

“Good,” Emily said, tucking her head beneath his chin and wrapping her arms about his waist. “Because I refuse to leave. Now hush, and let me listen to your heart.”

A long moment of silence passed while Emily listened.

“Well, is it stronger now?” his grandmother pressed.

His wife lifted her head and smiled, her bright blue eyes shining with tears of happiness. “It is.”

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