The Velvet Promise by Jude Deveraux

Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Walter and Arthur stood at one side of the great hall. The tables had been cleared and the

men-at-arms spread straw-filled mattresses on the floor for the night.

"I don't trust her," Sir Arthur said under his breath.

"Trust her!" Walter exploded. "How can you say such a thing after you've seen her? She is a delicate flower of a girl. She has been beaten and so mistreated that she fears the slightest

frown."

"She didn't seem so frightened when she demanded better quarters for her mother."

"Demanded! She could never demand anything. It isn't in her nature to do so. She was merely concerned for Lady Helen. And that is another example of her sweet nature."

"Such sweet nature obtained a great deal from you tonight. Look at how she had you nearly

admit there was no written agreement of marriage from her father."

"What does that matter?" Walter demanded. "She doesn't want her marriage to Gavin Montgomery."

"And what makes you so sure of that?"

"I have heard—"

"Heard! Bah! Then why did she come here? She cannot be so simple that she believes there is no danger for her."

"Do you imply that I would harm her?" Walter demanded.

Arthur stared at him. "Not while she is new to you." He knew Walter well. "You must wed her before you bed her. Only then will you truly own her. If you take her now without the

church, she may hate you as you say she hates her husband."

"I don't need advice about women from you! I am the master here. Have you no duties?"

"Yes, my lord," Arthur smirked. "Tomorrow I must help my master show our defenses to our prisoner." He walked away just as Walter threw a wine goblet at his head.

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