Three Dates with Mr. Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation Anthology (Jane Austen Reimagined Bundles) by Elizabeth Ann West

Author:Elizabeth Ann West
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781944345136
Publisher: Elizabeth Ann West
Published: 2017-07-12T04:00:00+00:00

The morning sun woke Elizabeth a second time, only this time she found herself alone. She tried to move, but excruciating pain in her leg gave her pause. She was laying flat on her back, her right foot elevated upon two pillows. Sighing, she reasoned she must have hurt her foot on one of her walks and perhaps this grand place was Netherfield.

Just working out that much gave her an intense headache, though the pain seemed to come on far quicker than usual. Her eyes struggled to focus and she blinked a few times, feeling an intense sense of dizziness. Covering her face with her hands, Elizabeth felt lost. What had happened to her that she was so injured? Where was Jane? She thought she remembered Jane last night before her sister tricked her, or had that been a dream?

"Hello?" Elizabeth made a soft cry and when no one responded she felt quite stricken. The pain overcame her and she openly sobbed. How much time passed, she didn't know, but she was startled in her grief by the door suddenly opening and a strange gentleman appearing.

Elizabeth stared at him and he stiffened in embarrassment.

"Forgive me," he bowed "I overheard your distress and worried you were alone, Miss Elizabeth."

Elizabeth opened her mouth, then closed it. The man seemed to know her, but she couldn't remember who he was for the life of her. Jane had said the assembly already happened, and if she was lying in a bed at Netherfield, perhaps this was Mr. Bingley! Too proud to admit her memory lapse, Elizabeth decided to play it bold.

"Thank you, Mr. Bingley. Could you send for my sister?"

Mr. Darcy eyed her with a quizzical expression but turned to leave. He managed to avoid Jane Bennet as she entered carrying a heavy silver tray. Immediately recovering his manners, he took the tray from Jane and followed her direction to the table beside the bed.

"Thank you, Mr. Darcy." Jane said with a curtsy.

He bowed, and cleared his throat. "I heard her crying and worried over her injuries. I did not know you were away. That is, I mean, I was concerned she was alone, but I did not intend to come upon her alone."

Jane smiled and gave a small curtsy again. She met Mr. Darcy sitting in the chair outside this room far too many times to believe he was as unaffected by her sister's injuries as he pretended. A cool anger still consumed Jane's heart as this man was the very reason her sister nearly died. Racing on the road so close to a town was irresponsible and unforgivable!

"I am here now. Apparently there was an oversight and the staff was not aware that Miss Bingley had asked for a tray to be brought up." Jane said through clenched teeth.

Elizabeth watched the stranger and her sister interact and she began to groan. The frustration of not knowing what was going on nor who this man was, and now her complete faux pas for calling him Mr.

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