Love Never Dies: Time Travel Romances by Kathryn le Veque

Author:Kathryn le Veque [Le Veque, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: anthology, Romance, Time Travel, Fiction
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2017-07-16T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Rory learned right away that driving the amazing pony cart was not as easy as she thought. Kieran gave her and the boys a lesson, although Bud, the older boy, apparently already knew how to drive a rig. In fact, he got in the cart and took it in a circle around the stable yard neatly, much to the cheers of Rory and his brother. Little David seemed much more willing to smile and laugh than his older brother did. Bud was a very serious and guarded child.

A couple of stable hands helped load up Rory’s trunks on the cart, securing them on the flat bed and taking up all of the space. Kieran saddled Liberator himself. The horse was too snappish to let anyone else near him. He loaded up his saddlebags and possessions, alternately focused on what he was doing and on Rory and the two boys as they practiced on the cart. He had to stop and grin as Rory tried to drive the cart in a circle as Bud had; she had the ponies going in opposite directions. Bud swooped in to save the day and got the ponies going in the right direction again.

Even though they didn’t exactly speak the same language, Rory and the boys were doing an awful lot of communicating. It was mostly through hand gestures and a few Latin words, but the point was getting across. And Kieran was growing increasingly enamored with his wife, watching her communicate most animatedly with two orphaned boys.

He was already madly in love with her, but watching her interact with the two starving children was a sight to behold. She was patient, kind and helpful. She praised Bud repeatedly for his skill in driving the little cart, to which Bud seemed unsure how to react. It was quite clear early on that neither boy was used to anyone being kind to them. But that prospect had abruptly changed. She was happy and friendly with the boys, who seemed a bit overwhelmed with everything.

Kieran turned back to securing his possessions on his saddle, listening to Rory communicate with the two young boys. Then she climbed onto the wagon and took the reins herself. He wasn’t paying attention to what she was doing when he suddenly heard a yelp. Turning sharply to identify the source, he saw Rory sitting on the ground in the middle of the stable yard laughing her head off. Bud had hold of the pony cart so it wouldn’t get away but it was obvious what had happened. Kieran stopped what he was doing and made his way over to her.

Little David was helping her stand up. Rory was still laughing as Kieran got to her.

“I assume you are uninjured.” Kieran’s lips were twitching with a smile.

She shook her head, brushing off her bum. “I’m fine,” she said. “It’s not as easy as it looks.”

Kieran nodded. “Bud seems to be much better at it. You had better let him drive until you become more practiced.

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