The Colonel's Timely Bride by Dana R. Lynn

Author:Dana R. Lynn [Lynn, Dana R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean Reads
Published: 2016-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

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As the introductions were made, Kenzie kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. Soon, they would start to demand an explanation for her presence. Hopefully they wouldn’t turn her out. Colonel Fitzwilliam had allowed her to stay. Although, Georgiana’s brother did have a protective look about him. Elizabeth, though, she was lovely. And her eyes were the most open and friendly eyes Kenzie had ever seen. The dark haired woman had taken one look at Kenzie’s arm bands, and her eyes had filled with sympathy. Even now she was moving over to take her hands.

“Miss James, please accept our condolences for the loss of your family. Forgive our surprise, Georgiana had never spoken of you before.”

What could she say without lying? Kenzie hated to lie, but she couldn’t very well say, “Well, that’s because I dropped into your world from 200 years in the future.” Yeah, that would go over like a lead balloon.

“Our friendship has not been a long one. But it has helped me through a difficult time. I can never thank Georgiana enough for her kindness to me.” There. That was all true, wasn’t it? And she didn’t think she said anything shocking. But here, who knew? Half the time Kenzie was afraid to open her mouth lest she give offense or say something that was considered poor breeding.

She held herself so tight, by the time luncheon was completed she had developed a raging headache. Before she knew it, she was squinting whenever she happened to glance towards the windows.

How long did she need to sit here? All she wanted to do was to go to her room and crawl back into bed. Every movement sent a jarring pain through her head.

“Miss James, are you well?”

What? The colonel’s voice reached her, but he sounded far away. When had she closed her eyes? She forced herself to open them. The colonel was standing next to her chair. She knew it was him, even though his red coated figure was blurry. He had asked if she was well.

The effort to answer him took more strength than she had. Wearily, she allowed her eyes to flutter shut again. Ah, that felt better. She let the darkness swallow her.

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