Velvet 04 - Velvet Angel by Jude Deveraux

Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical, General
ISBN: 9780743459334
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 1983-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

In spite of her surety that she would be allowed to stay with Miles, Elizabeth still paced the floor. She cursed herself because she knew that she wanted to stay in Scotland, wanted to stay in a place where she could learn to be unafraid. Roger, she thought, dear, protective, angry Roger was in England somewhere, looking for her, frantic to find her, yet she hoped with all her heart that he'd not succeed.

"Just a little more time," she whispered. "If I can but have one more month I'll leave readily. And I shall have memories to last me a lifetime."

She was so absorbed in her own thoughts that she didn't hear the door open behind her, and when she heard the light footsteps, she whirled about, ready to do battle.

"Did… did you enjoy the MacGregors?" Kit stammered, unsure of what the fury on her face meant.

Instantly, Elizabeth's face changed. She knelt, opened her arms to the child and held him very, very close.

"I missed you so much, Kit," she whispered. When her eyes cleared, she held him away from her. "I stayed in a big room with a secret staircase behind a tapestry and your papa and I had a pie fight and we went swimming in a very cold lake."

"Bronwyn gave me a pony," Kit answered, "and Uncle Stephen took me riding and what kind of pies?" He leaned forward and whispered loudly,

"Did you make Papa angry?"

"No." She smiled. "Not even when I hit him square in the face with a cherry tart. Come and sit down by me and I'll tell you about how Bronwyn's dog saved me from wolves."

It was some time later that Miles found them together, asleep, both looking perfectly content. For a long time Miles stood over them, quietly watching. When he heard the muffled sounds of horses in the courtyard below and knew it was Gavin leaving, he bent and kissed Elizabeth's forehead. "I'll give you more children, Elizabeth," he murmured, touching Kit's cheek. "See if I don't."

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