Her Dangerous Viscount (Rakes & Rebels, Book 7) by Cynthia Wright

Author:Cynthia Wright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boxwood Manor Books
Published: 2011-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

April 28-29. 1814

“What—? How in the world—?” Natalya managed to whisper as Grey reached the side of her bed and loomed above her.

“I was in the kitchen, rousting out Speed, but he had torn his jacket and your outrageous cook, Hyla, insisted on mending it for him. While I waited, I decided to explore the passageways Kristin showed me earlier.” His tone was maddeningly conversational. “When I reached the top of the hidden stairway, I saw that there was no light under your door, nor did I hear voices. Knowing you were alone, I decided to bid you good night on my terms.”

“How did you know which bedchamber would be mine?”

“Instinct,” he replied enigmatically.

When he sat down next to her, Natalya’s heart began to race in earnest. “I can call my father, you know.”

Grey laughed softy. He had removed his jacket, and his shirt was luminously white in the moonlight, causing his chest and shoulders to look exceedingly broad and powerful. “My dear Natalya, I thought that this sort of visit was perfectly acceptable to you. Did you not burst into my bedchamber and awaken me just a few nights ago?”

Her cheeks burned with mingled anger and humiliation. “Rogue! Why will you not go away and leave me in peace? What happened on board the Rover was a unique and isolated incident, certainly not a common practice on my part! Everything is different now—”

“According to whom?” Grey cut in coolly, his gaze sweeping over her. “I think it only fair to warn you, my sweet, that the world operates a trifle differently outside of your castle tower in France. Others may not care to have you direct them thither and yon across the stage of life, nor will they bend to the rules that you make and then alter according to the permutations of your moods.”

“There is no need for you to concern yourself with my moods or character defects, sir,” she hissed. “I thought that I would never see you again after we docked this morning. I am home now, with my family, and I would like to put you in the past.”

“Just because you have decided what I must do does not mean that I will comply.” His soft voice cut the shadows like a knife. “Far from it.” Reaching out, Grey grasped her wrist, caressing its fragile pulse point. He gazed at her in admiration. How ravishing she looked in her thin lawn bedgown, her honey-hued tresses swirling about her shoulders, lustrous in the starlight.

“Unhand me,” Natalya whispered, “or I’ll scream.”

“And you call yourself an author,” he murmured, amused. “Can you not invent a more original threat?” One arm encircled her waist, and in the next instant she was against him, her breasts branding his chest through the fine material of his shirt. “You did me a disservice with that tepid farewell downstairs. Did you honestly imagine that you could dispose of me so easily?”

She was furious, yet giddy with desire. Everything about Grey stimulated and aroused her, from his clean male scent to the way he held her.

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