She Owns the Knight (A Knight's Tale Book 1) by Darcy Diane

Author:Darcy, Diane [Darcy, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2013-11-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

A week later, in the middle of the night, Gillian yawned widely, not bothering to cover her mouth or look away from the sketch she worked on. No one else was around anyway.

To say they’d been keeping her busy was an understatement. Marissa and her ladies were slave drivers, granting very little free time, and zero access to Kellen. Not that he’d seemed to mind.

To add insult to injury, after keeping her busy every day, Marissa had tried to stop Gillian from drawing at night, scolding her for staying up late, for wasting candles, and for keeping Marissa awake with the scratching noises.

Gillian smirked at the memory of that particular accusation. The feather-light sound of her pencil was completely drowned out by Marissa’s soft snoring. It was nice to see the paragon wasn’t perfect.

Gillian bit her lip to try and hold back a smile as she sketched, knowing she shouldn’t be mean. Marissa might not be warming to her, but all the same, she was teaching Gillian all she knew and, if she were actually staying, it would be very useful information.

She used a finger to smudge the curve of Kellen’s jaw on the page, creating a shadow and softening the line. She was just about finished with the portrait and was happy with how it was turning out. She stared at Kellen’s masculine face, the full lips, high cheekbones, neck and shoulders thick with muscle. Yummy. The man was gorgeous, no doubt about it.

Amelia’s petite form nestled within Kellen’s arm, her pixie little face, so lifelike it almost looked like a photo. Dealing with Amelia’s wiggling and squirming had turned out to be well worth it. The likeness was good. This might be the best family portrait she’d ever done. It would make a fantastic gift for Kellen. She just hoped it wasn’t a goodbye present.

Gillian turned to look at the snoring woman on the bed and wondered if Marissa would wake if Gillian snuck out to see him. He’d been avoiding her the entire week and Gillian was starting to feel desperate. She needed to get him and Amelia out to the cemetery, and for some reason he was against taking them. Perhaps if she sneaked to his room and had a little chat with him she could lure him with her feminine wiles.

Gillian grinned at the thought and glanced at the door. Should she chance it? She deserved a little free time, right? She’d certainly done her part lately. She knew how to plan a menu, discuss said menu with Cook, keep kitchen accounts, instruct servants, mend, instruct spinners and weavers, plan a wedding feast, and check wheat for mold.

While the work itself wasn’t bad, and was even quite interesting at times, she really needed to kidnap Kellen and Amelia; and no one was making it easy for her. She was busy. Kellen was busy. Everyone was busy. But she had to get them out there if she wanted to take them home.

She’d been thinking about it and had come to the conclusion that there had to be a reason she’d been sent to Kellen.

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