Holiday Brides by Le Veque Kathryn

Author:Le Veque, Kathryn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Medieval, Romance, Anthology
Publisher: Kathryn Le Veque Novels, Inc.
Published: 2022-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

Part Seven

JAMES AND GAIRA

Year of Our Lord 1747

The month of April

James’ face was buried in Gaira’s neck, smelling the sweet musky scent that had the ability to arouse him like nothing else. He could feel her soft breasts against his bare chest, experiencing the sensual movement every time he thrust into her.

Gaira’s legs were wrapped around his hips but he unwrapped them, holding them behind the knees, giving him more freedom of movement as he continued to thrust into her sweet and yielding body.

His wife.

Gaira had her hands on his lower back, stroking it, stroking his smooth buttocks as he made love to her. She loved it when he slowed his pace, withdrawing completely only to plunge into her again, slowly. Her hands drifted between their bodies, putting her fingers on his phallus as he joined his body with hers. Nothing seemed to fuel James’ desire than her fingers on his manhood.

His climax was instantaneous.

It was the second time that morning he’d taken her, as he’d taken her every single night since the day he’d married her two months earlier. At the Old High Church in Inverness, Reverend Essich had performed the ceremony joining Gaira Dunmore, former heiress to the Earldom of Forth, to James de Lohr, Earl of Worcester. Carrie had been in attendance along with Gaira’s mother, who sobbed loudly through the entire thing. When all was said and done, Lord and Lady Worcester signed the parish registrar’s book as man and wife.

Much had gone on in the past four months in preparation for returning Johnathan de Lohr to Lioncross Abbey, home of generations of de Lohrs. James had rented a little cottage in Inverness, right on the River Ness, a place for him and his wife to stay while he made the necessary arrangements.

Gaira’s mother, Helen, chose to return to Calvine after their marriage, to the home she had shared with her husband for many years, leaving her daughter to start her new life as the Countess of Worcester. Gaira and James quickly integrated into the Inverness community, with Gaira becoming popular with the locals. She was bright, educated, and entertained an excellent crowd, and the women of the village tittered over her handsome husband.

Truth be told, so did Gaira.

It was the life she never thought she would have.

But, God, did she love it.

This morning, however, would prove to be their last morning in Inverness, as preparations for digging up Johnathan’s grave were coming to a head. In months past, a beautiful coffin had been built of Scots pine, heavy and well-made as befitting the former Earl of Worcester. The man who made it was also the wheelwright in the village, and his skill had been beyond compare. He’d carved beautiful lines into the coffin and, at the strange request of the current Earl of Worcester, managed to carve some worms up near the head of the coffin.

He was being well paid, so he didn’t ask questions.

But to James, those worms meant everything.

Now, the lined coffin was waiting for its occupant and arrangements had been made to begin the digging at sunrise.

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