The Baron's Quest by Elizabeth Rose

Author:Elizabeth Rose [Rose, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

When Muriel awoke the next morning, she found Nicholas already gone. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, not having had such a good night’s sleep in a long time. Mayhap it was the goose-down pallet and the soft linens, or the velvet bed curtains that had made her sleep so well, but she doubted it. She knew it was from the satisfying coupling with Nicholas last night.

She smiled and put her feet on the floor, feeling her body aching in a good way from her time with Nicholas as she stood, looking for her gown. It was lying at the foot of the bed torn to pieces. She bent down and scooped it up, and giggled as she thought about the games she’d played with the baron last night. He’d said she was a wildcat in bed, but by the looks of her torn clothes, he was the one mating like an animal, not her.

There was a knock at the door, and she held the clothes in front of her to hide her nakedness. Her eyes darted around the room. She was in the baron’s bedchamber, and she wasn’t sure if one of his men were on the other side of the thick wood. So she didn’t answer, hoping whoever was there would just go away.

“Muriel, are you in there?” she heard a voice from the corridor that sounded a lot like her friend, Cecily. But it couldn’t be.

“Muriel, can we come in?” came a boy’s voice next and she realized it was her brother as well.

“Cecily? Isaac?” she called out, trying to make heads or tails of the torn clothes so she could put them on. “Is that really you?”

“Lord Nicholas has sent me up here with a gown for you to wear,” said Cecily. Muriel grabbed the bedcover and wrapped it around herself and ran to the door. She pulled it open to see her brother and her good friend standing there.

“What are you two doing here?” she asked, giving them both hugs, about losing her coverlet in the process.

“The baron sent for us early this morning,” said Isaac, repositioning his travel bag on his shoulder. “He said you wanted me here.”

“Of course I do, Isaac. I want both of you here. But will both of you be living at the manor and working for the baron as well now?”

“Only Isaac,” stated Cecily. “I am here just for the day.” She handed Muriel the gown. “Here, put this on.”

“Isaac, go find something to eat in the kitchen and we’ll join you later in the great hall,” said Muriel.

“Aye.” Isaac did as instructed, not even questioning the fact he could obviously see she’d spent the night with the baron. As soon as he left, Muriel pulled Cecily into the room and closed the door.

“Muriel?” asked Cecily with a grin. “Did you couple with the baron?”

“I did,” she answered with no remorse at all.

Both the girls squealed and held hands. It was an honor to sleep with any noble, and most commoners would never have the chance to do it.

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