The Wolfe by Kathryn Le Veque

Author:Kathryn Le Veque
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
Published: 2013-04-28T00:00:00+00:00

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William burst into his wife’s rooms without a knock. Jemma, who moments earlier had been advised of Jordan’s stupidity, yelped at the sight of him and fled to her room, slamming the door. William frowned at Jemma’s reaction, wondering if he would get the same response from his wife.

“Jordan.” he roared.

Jemma screamed again from behind her door and he glared irritably at the closed panel as if his wife’s cousin could see his distaste at her behavior. Not waiting for an answer, he barged into Jordan’s bedchamber to find her standing calmly at the foot of her bed, her green eyes wide at him.

She met his gaze with an up thrust chin, an action suggestive of Jemma of which he highly disapproved. It only served to fuel his outrage.

“Where is she?” he demanded.

Jordan was grinding her teeth. “Packing her things, thanks to ye. Seems I am the only one willing to fight for her to remain here. She willna stay where she’s not wanted.”

His eyes narrowed. “What possessed you that you would be deliberately rude to the earl and to me? What is the matter with you?”

“Ye treat me like a brainless nymph, William,” she shot back. “Ye treat me as if I am only good as a pretty little piece of chattel on yer arm or good in bed. Ye already run my daily life as it is. Am I not even allowed to choose my companions now?”

He was slightly taken aback with the passion of her statement. “Is that what this is about? You are trying to assert a certain amount of control with me?”

“Nay.” She came around the bed to stand in front of him. “I would simply like to have a say in a decision that will directly affect me. Is that too much to ask of ye? I am capable of making an intelligent decision.”

“I am well aware of that,” he said evenly, seeing that she was truly angered by the situation. “Jordan, we have been through this before. You must trust that I know what is best for you.”

“And I dunna?” she asked pointedly, though calmer. “William, I am not daft. I think Aloria is a fine addition to Northwood and I wish her to stay. Why do ye want her to leave so badly? Because she stands up to ye?”

“Why do you keep bringing that up? You stand up to me, yet I do not send you away,” he said, a bit sarcastically. “I told you from the beginning that if I did not feel the queen’s lady was a proper companion for you, then I would send her back. And from the looks you were giving her in the grand hall, I didn’t think you wanted her. Why the change of heart?”

Jordan deflated a little, sitting on the edge of the bed. “Because I have had a chance to talk to her, to get to know her,” she said. “Did ye know she’s the bastard daughter of the Earl of Devon’s wife

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