Earl and Fairy: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 6] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

Although safely back in her workroom, Lydia couldn’t shake the murky distress that had overcome her. She had watched Edgar and Rosalie’s carriage pull up in front of the house from her window, only hurriedly drawing the curtains when the earl suddenly looked up.

“His frivolity has nothing to do with me. That he should want to kiss a woman immediately upon their first meeting, whoever she may be, is—” As she made to turn around, she immediately clamped her mouth shut when she locked eyes with Raven. “What do you want? It is considered polite to knock, you know.”

“My apologies. I did knock but heard no response, so I let myself in.”

She must have been so angry that she hadn’t even heard him. “Oh. I’m sorry. But shouldn’t you be accompanying his lordship?”

“His lordship is not the frivolous man you presume him to be, Miss Carlton,” Raven said suddenly, truly earnest.

Realizing that he had heard her earlier remark, Lydia cringed.

“He speaks as though he is,” the youth continued, “but he forces nothing. Not unless his partner wills it.”

It was hardly a defense.

“Therefore, Miss Carlton, I would implore you to place a little more faith in Lord Ashenbert. You are his fairy doctor, so it would be improper for him to kiss you so casually. Without your permission, that is.”

“I would never grant such permission.”

“Then I’m afraid I fail to understand what is irking you so.”

“You and me both,” Lydia muttered. “But I cannot fully trust what you are telling me. I cannot lower my guard around him or there is no telling what he might do to me. That was just as clear to me yesterday as it has always been. He treats me like a girl who should be fawning over him, not the fairy doctor he has hired.”

“You ought to take a gamble and believe me.”

“And I say you think too highly of your master.”

“There is no need to run from him or to keep your guard up around him.”

Here was a boy who would do anything for Edgar’s sake. That included pacifying her, a task that was likely much more difficult for him than eradicating his master’s adversaries. If nothing else, she had to admit to being impressed by his loyalty. She couldn’t imagine Edgar being anything but a pain to serve, given how unreasonable he could be. But he was precious to Raven—the one man who could accept him entirely as he was. The only man who had ever accepted the bloodthirsty spirits that dwelled inside the boy and had even managed to quell them. Knowing how much Raven trusted his master, it felt wrong to continue her negative line of thinking about Edgar.

“Very well. I shall take the gamble, but you must decide on the stakes. For my part, I vow to strike that placid face of his if he ever does casually kiss me.”

The corners of Raven’s lips curled ever so slightly as he regarded her with his deep-green gaze. Lydia took that as his answer.

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