True Born by Lara Blunte

Author:Lara Blunte
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love, revenge, passion, war, 18th century

Seventeen. One Month

Ireland was beautiful, even greener than England, and that June the weather was fine, and rains scarce.

The cottage which Marcus had procured for them was in the middle of a valley, with fat cows and white sheep grazing around it, and fields of flowers within sight. Every morning Georgiana opened the windows above their bed, breathed deep, and smiled.

She would have thought a hovel in hell beautiful if she had been with John, but it did seem like he had found heaven for them, with the help of his friend.

Georgiana had dressed as a boy to make her way to Ireland with Marcus. She wondered how many women had used that stratagem to elope with a lover, or find some freedom. When she had put on the breeches she was meant to wear, and turned around to look at herself she had been shocked. How could she go anywhere, with her buttocks and legs showing, and with a coat that opened behind and revealed her form as she walked?

She had walked out quite stiffly before John, Marcus and their men, and John had smiled at the blush on her cheeks. He had kissed her and whispered, "You make an adorable boy. Remind the Irishman I will cut him into pieces if he so much as looks at you."

And in the carriage, as they bumped over Irish roads after crossing the sea and she leaned out the window to look at the country, she did turn to find Marcus' eyes on her bottom, and a large grin on his face.

"John told me to remind you..." she began heatedly.

"Oh, let him cut out my eyes!" Marcus cried without shame. "Is it every day one sees such sights? Look at Ireland, milady, and let me look where I will!"

Georgiana couldn't help liking Marcus, a man who would make a disgraceful husband to any woman, as he loved to drink, embellish stories and had an eye that roved so much it might need a passport. But he made her laugh, a very great deal, never took anything bad to heart, shared whatever he had without affectation, and clearly cared for John.

She had wanted to change into a woman before they arrived at the cottage, and Marcus had seen no harm in it, as no one would know them now. They were too far into a country where Englishmen did not much venture, and locals were not very keen to share any information with the red coats or the police -- if anyone even suspected who they might be.

Georgiana wisely sent Marcus far away from the carriage and closed the curtains well, as he would certainly have peeped. It was the least of rewards, Marcus thought, for his trouble. He stood whistling outside until she was ready, and then entered the carriage again to take her the rest of the way, his eyes on her breasts this time.

"Mr. Brennan!"

"Oh, shoot me through the head, will ye, I hear my eyes will stop working

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