Wild Passion by Lori Brighton

Author:Lori Brighton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: historical romance paranormal romance paranormal historical romance kiss me kill me wild heart wild desire
Publisher: Lori Brighton
Published: 2011-12-14T02:56:15+00:00

Chapter 6

“How is your mother, dear?”

Adelaide folded the note and glanced up at Ella. Her half-sister’s blonde hair was combed neatly into place, a smile upon her lips. The perfect English lady. The mauve dress she wore brought out the flush of happiness in Ella’s cheeks, while Adelaide knew she looked pale and forlorn.

She’d liked the friendly woman the moment she’d stepped on English soil and they’d met for the first time. They didn’t exactly look alike, unless one looked into their eyes. All the Finch children had blue eyes… eyes the color of the deepest ocean. Eyes that hinted of something mysterious…something otherworldly. Magic.

Adelaide smiled back, but her face felt brittle, her body heavy. “Well, she’s well.”

Why was it when everyone else seemed happy, she felt so melancholy? Maman was thriving in London; shopping, going to tea with important woman, reveling in her new-found status. Leo, Ella’s husband, was an Earl. Because he was important, if a tad wild looking with his overly long hair, he had been able to introduce her mother to important people. Leo and Ella were so happy it almost hurt to look at them together. Maman was finally happy. Colin and Bea were happy, Colin having made a fortune somewhere in Africa and in the throes of early marriage. Yet, she could barely seem to smile.

Adelaide glanced over her shoulder where Bea and Colin snuggled on the settee and Leo stood near the fireplace. The small group was deep in discussion, laughing and comfortable with each other in only the way a family could. Would she ever feel so comfortable with them?

Ella reached out, resting a delicate hand on Adelaide’s shoulder. “You are well, aren’t you? You like it here?”

Her sister’s obvious concern for her welfare warmed Adelaide. “Of course. Yes.”

She’d been in England for months, getting to know her new relatives. Yet, instead of feeling complete now that she had a family, she felt restless. She hated not knowing her own future. Hated sitting and wondering if she’d ever see James again. Wondering, since he was English, if perhaps he’d visit his family here and she’d happen upon him. And she hated herself for caring.

Ella took her hand, her blue eyes twinkling. “I’m so happy to have a sister. I’ve always wanted one.”

“Me, as well.”

It wasn’t a lie, she was so tired of being alone. But Adelaide feared she may never meet her new family’s expectations. She loved them, truly she did, but for so many years she’d been alone, having to answer to no one. Ignoring society’s rules. She didn’t want to sit in a drawing room all day and do watercolors or gossip. She wanted to be. To feel. To see the world.

Ella and Bea had lived a full life already at their young age. They were content now. Their dreams were fulfilled and she knew they would only grow more content, happier, with age. For she could see the future and she knew, when she took Ella’s hand, that her sister would have five children.

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