World of de Wolfe Pack: Bhrodi's Angel (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Meara Platt

Author:Meara Platt [Platt, Meara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-01-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

BHRODI HELD ON to Prudence, telling himself that this is what she needed and ignoring the fact that he wanted her in his arms with a desperate ache. She looked to him for comfort and he wanted to provide all he could.

But they both knew that Lucinda could still be in danger.

He prayed that his first thought was correct, that she had run off with some besotted foolscap to marry against her father’s wishes. It was the sort of thing a young woman who believed herself in love might do. Lucinda was just the sort of girl a young man would fall in love with, too. Pretty. Not too taxing on the brain.

Not at all like Prudence, although Prudence was certainly beautiful. Jaw dropping, heart stopping beautiful, in truth. But she could drive a man insane with her questions and causes and spirited mind. She was as fiery as her blazing red hair.

“Sweetheart, she’ll be all right.” Blast, had he just called her sweetheart? What was wrong with him? He never spouted endearments unless it was to seduce a woman out of her clothes, and he made it a hard and fast rule never to seduce an innocent.

He’d never been tempted to break that rule until Prudence had stormed into his life. “I’m sure she’ll be all right,” he repeated, admonishing himself for giving her false hope. In his own defense, he sincerely believed that Lucinda was not in any real danger.

Prudence drew away from him to gaze out across the shimmering sea.

Bhrodi moved to stand beside her, but kept a little distance between them. He sensed she needed it.

He did not mind standing here to take in the view. He loved the sight of the sea, the mix of swirling blue water and white foamy caps formed by the breaking waves. He loved the diamond shimmer of the sun glinting upon that endless expanse. Thanks to Prudence, he was even learning to love the various flocks of birds that flew in and out among the jagged cliffs. He was even becoming tolerant of their noisy cries.

These creatures had just been mindless birds to him before. But now he was noticing their differences and coming to admire their majesty and grace. Prudence’s influence. He would soon learn to tell which bird had built which nest. He would soon know which birds lived here all year long and which ones migrated.

He breathed in the breeze that carried the scent of fish and seaweed and rugged beauty along with it. “Point out which cave caught your notice, Prudence. I’m going down there now.”

“I’ll go down there with you.”

“No, you need to stay here.” He wanted to throttle her for her strength of spirit, but it was this very thing he admired about her. “Keep alert and hold on to that pistol until Colliers and Bigbury arrive. Tell Colliers and Bigbury where I am. Send Colliers down to me. Bigbury is to remain with you, keeping watch on the trails and cliffs. Tell Bigbury that he is to alert me if you see something out of the ordinary.

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