Two Days of Temptation: The Brothers Mortmain by Evie North

Author:Evie North
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780648311034
Publisher: Evie North
Published: 2017-04-27T23:00:00+00:00

8

The thumping pain of his headache was receding at last. Sebastian knew this had to be the result of his efforts to see. He must not push the return of his sight, nor try to do more than he was able, but it was difficult. He’d always been the sort of man who expected a great deal of himself. Being blind had taught him fortitude and patience, but now that his sight was returning he’d forgotten those lessons in the urgent desire to regain what he had lost.

“Sebastian.”

His name on the woman’s lips brought him back to full consciousness. She murmured something else and then gave a gentle sob. He reached out and found the warm body beside him. Janet. She was lying on the covers, fully dressed, and despite her soft sounds he realized she was asleep.

For a moment he wondered what she was doing here, then remembered how he had sent for her and she had bathed his head with lavender water. Her soothing touch had sent him to sleep. It had been so long since anyone had done that for him, not the paid act of a servant but a gesture made out of kindness. Although—and he smiled wryly at his own optimism—Janet was in his pay too, wasn’t she? Perhaps she was thinking that by tending to him she could increase her fee?

“Sebastian.”

Once again that husky whisper caught his attention. He leaned closer, forcing himself to focus, to see, but her face was nothing but a pale blur surrounded by a cloud of dark hair. He ran his fingers across her skin. Her eyes were closed and her lips parted. She was asleep. And dreaming of him? After so short a time? The idea made him smile. And then he frowned.

He ran his fingers over her face again, more slowly, taking in the shape of it, the dips and curves and contours. There was something about her...a familiarity. Perhaps she had visited him from the inn previously? But no, he was quite certain he would not have forgotten Janet if she had been with him before.

Sebastian leaned closer still, willing his sight to clear. But it was no use. His recovery could not be rushed it seemed, no matter how much he wished it.

With a sigh he let his fingers rest against her cheek, enjoying the silky texture of her skin—she was one of those women with a creamy, clear complexion, he imagined. He felt her stiffen, the sudden indrawn breath, and knew she was now awake. She was attempting to remain very still but there was something in that motionlessness that gave her away. Why didn’t she speak? Perhaps she was afraid of him? A woman like Janet might not have always found men to be kind.

Sebastian tried to set her mind at ease. “You were dreaming.”

She took a shallow breath.

“You spoke my name,” he added.

“Did I?” she said, pretending to yawn and stretch. “How odd.”

“Very odd. For we are strangers, are we not?”

That telling slight pause.

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