Unmasked by her Lover by Lancaster Mary

Author:Lancaster, Mary
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Historical, Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2021-01-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Meg was playing with fire. She knew it. But when he had turned and stared at her so…hungrily, wicked curiosity had, not for the first time, gotten the better of her. And instead of covering herself, she had let him look, just to see what he would do. She didn’t know if she was tempting him or herself, but she had been unprepared for the onslaught of passion that had followed.

Thrilled, but unprepared.

Such heat, such wild, heady pleasure, and deep, heavy desire… For Harry. Her old friend and ally. This, she thought in wonder, this is what I ran from six years ago.

It seemed she no longer wanted to run. She walked the rest of the way back to Calvert Court at his side, in a strange bubble of stunned happiness. Every sense was aware of him at her side, every movement, every brush of his arm, every smile, every look.

Oh yes, the fire had burned them both, and she rejoiced in her effect upon him. Even recognizing the danger, knowing how close she’d come to total surrender, how close he had come to… She closed off that line of thought with a little thrill of delight.

Harry.

She wanted to extend their time alone, but Harry did not slow down.

“You’ll need to sleep today,” he warned her. “Apart from anything else, you’ll have an exhausting evening switching from Martha to Meg and back again.”

“Oh, well, at least I have the excuse of my recent indisposition for looking hagged this morning.”

A spontaneous smile lit up his face. “You look anything but hagged. But you don’t want to fall asleep in your supper plate.”

A snort of laughter escaped her. “Martha would never forgive me for that.”

His smile began to fade. “On a more serious topic, make sure never to be alone with Garrow or with Aline. At least until we know what the devil they are up to.”

*

“Oh, thank God, my lady,” Mathews gasped when Meg finally made it to her bedchamber. “I was afraid you’d been gone all night, for the bed doesn’t look slept in. I couldn’t bear it if I lost both of you!”

“You’ve lost neither of us,” Meg assured her. “And you may be easy about my sister. She is well.”

Her eyes widened. “You’ve seen her?”

“How can I have?” Meg replied evasively, for she didn’t want the girl spilling anything to Calvert. “Now, having been seen in the breakfast parlor as Meg, I had better go down as Martha and make sure all is in hand for the party tonight. After which,” she added with relish, “I am going to sleep.”

Somehow, she made it through the day until luncheon, when she particularly noticed Captain Garrow had joined them, looking none the worse for his nighttime expedition.

“Where is de Vere?” he asked Calvert once. “He hasn’t left us, has he?”

“Lord, no, I think he’s resting,” Calvert replied without much interest. These days it took a lot of effort to keep the worried frown off his face, which made Meg feel a little guilty.

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