Citit - Athena's Ordeal by Sue London

Author:Sue London [London, Sue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

It had been near dawn when Sabre arrived at Robert's townhouse. She had felt slightly guilty rousing his groomsmen to take her horse. She made sure to tell them it was the property of the Duke of Beloin and that she would eversomuch appreciate it if someone could take it to the duke's London stable soon. Sneaking into the house, she made her way quietly up to her room.

This was one of the times when she particularly appreciated her brother. Shortly after he had purchased the townhome one of the first things he had done was bring her and Charlie here to show them where their rooms were. To tell them that they would never, ever be guests. They were family and would always have a place with him. Only being fourteen at the time she had, of course, asked where Justin's room was. Robert had explained that however much he cared about their half-brother, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to have such an open door policy with a bastard brother, especially as their father had not made provisions for him to be acknowledged in Society. When she had fussed and stomped her foot Robert had promised that Justin could always come to him for anything he needed. Although Charlie had maintained his bachelor's quarters and hadn't, to her knowledge, made much use of his room here, she, on the other hand, had come to see the room as a sanctuary, her personal haven over the past year.

Quietly opening the door and slipping inside, she smelled the lingering scent of her perfume. It reminded her of innocence, youth, and her own strong-willed nature. But it didn't smell like lemongrass and the duke. For a frantic moment she wished she had taken his shirt or cravat. But wouldn't that make it worse? It felt like there was a band tightening around her chest and her throat was choked with unshed tears. She didn't take off so much as the jacket of her riding habit, just walked straight to the bed and burrowed face down in the pillows. Pillows that didn't smell like Quincy. She finally shed the bitter tears she had been holding back. How had she fallen in love with a man who had no sense? A man who would most likely be dead before the month was out.

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