The Viscount Meets his Match by Raven McAllan

Author:Raven McAllan [McAllan, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Erotic Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Published: 2019-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

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The morning was fresh with a hint of a warm day ahead. Perfect for riding. Lydia and James were ahead of her as she walked briskly across the cobbles, which led from the side door to the stables. They turned as she approached the yard. Several equine heads showed over the half doors of their stalls, and more than one animal whinnied a greeting. Josephine drew a deep breath. Weird or not, she loved that aroma of horse and straw.

“No David?” James asked in an innocent, butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth way, as Josephine greeted him and Lydia.

“I suspect he is at the breakfast table,” Josephine said with a smile. “But as I haven’t seen him, I wouldn’t know. Do you mean you didn’t partake before you came here?”

James blinked as Lydia blushed. “Ah, no. I thought I’d work up an appetite. I did beg a pasty from the chef though. Apple at one end and meat at the other. Known as a clanger, and very tasty it was.”

“A clanger?” David had joined them without Josephine realizing. “Singular? Chef’s last job was in Bedfordshire where the clanger originates. He’s made them Godmama’s favorite. And it seems yours, James. A pasty indeed. Make that four. I was lucky to commandeer the last three. Here.” He passed one each to Josephine and Lydia. “Just to stave off the pangs. Are we ready?”

Josephine smelled the enticing mix of herbs, apple and pork and salivated. She took a healthy mouthful of warm, buttery pasty, nodded and swallowed the food. “Delicious. I agree with your godmama. Ah, look, the grooms are about to bring out the horses.”

The clatter of horseshoes on the cobbles showed she was correct. Within five minutes, the pasties were consumed, and after a brief discussion, each of them were comfortable and mounted on horses to suit them. The four rode out of the stable yard and toward a long, low, nearby hill and some crags just beyond it. Josephine hung back a little while she got the measure of her horse. It had a soft mouth, which she didn’t want to spoil by excessive tugging on the reins because she wasn’t in command. She was a good rider—sadly not a very awake one at that moment.

Truth to tell, she hadn’t slept that well, her mind full of all the new information she had assimilated with regards to David, and she wasn’t at her most alert. The evening had brought more questions than it answered. She stifled a yawn and blinked to try to wake up. Her mount, a spirited filly called Ruby, would no doubt unseat her if she didn’t pay attention. Not what she wanted.

“If we head toward Wylane Crag and come back via Stern Hill that should be perfect,” David called as they trotted in single file around a field of crops. “James, you lead along the track until we reach open ground. You know the way. If we ride at a sensible pace and don’t stop too long to

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