Yasmine Galenorn - Sisters of the moon 1 - Witchling.wps by Crystal & Billy

Author:Crystal & Billy [Crystal & Billy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-10-20T00:33:28.730000+00:00

Chapter 8

With a sigh, Darcy pushed aside the papers he had been attempting to read. It was no use; his mind kept turning to elizabeth—if not to his extremely distracting memories of her kisses and the touch of her soft skin, then to the question of why she had seen fit to depart without saying goodbye to him. Had she been troubled by what had passed between them? There was no doubt that he had gone too far; he would be the first to admit it—although he would not guarantee that he would do differently in the future, faced with the same temptation. she had not seemed troubled by his advances at the time, but he knew full well that elizabeth was perfectly capable of disguising her true feelings when she saw fit. or perhaps she feared a repeat of those events if she were to see him again before she left—though all she would have had to do to avoid it would have been to remain in Georgiana’s company.

or could it have been something Georgiana had said? If she had said one word about considering elizabeth a fortune-hunter, he would lock her in her room for a week! But Georgiana had, as it happened, been on unusually good behaviour all day. Perhaps he had done the right thing by telling her about Wickham after all, though clearly she now wished to avoid him, too—at dinner she had told him she was tired of London, and asked to travel to Derby early. But it made no sense in any case to think that Georgiana would have accused elizabeth of veniality—elizabeth would have laughed, not left, had that happened. And even if Georgiana had 141

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brought up her sister’s disgrace, elizabeth would still have handled it, he was sure—in fact, he could not imagine anything Georgiana might say that could be enough to send elizabeth away. no, she must have wished to avoid him for whatever reason, though God alone knew what that was. He poured himself a glass of port and sat back, taking a generous sip. Why was it that each time matters seemed to be proceeding well with elizabeth, some trouble or other always came up? It was becoming extremely frustrating—as were certain limitations which were placed upon them, with no relief in sight in the near future. For himself, he would be perfectly happy to dispense with this courtship period entirely and marry her tomorrow. But she no doubt would want the full engagement—it was something he should discuss with her soon. Perhaps he could at least persuade her to set a relatively early date for the wedding, though whether that mother of hers could be brought to agree to it was a different question entirely.

Well, there was nothing for it—it was far too late to follow her tonight; he would have to wait until morning to call on her to see if something was indeed troubling her. But heaven help him if she was troubled by

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