Triumphant Love: Banished Saga, Book Nine by Flightner Ramona

Author:Flightner, Ramona
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-945609-33-6
Publisher: Grizzly Damsel Publishing
Published: 2020-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

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Eleanor slipped into her parents’ house and shut the door behind her with barely a click. She tiptoed down the hallway, hoping her heels did not make too much noise. As she neared the stairs and her hoped-for escape to her bedroom, a hand reached out from the shadows and slapped her cheek with a resounding thwack. Her head jerked to the side and slammed into the wall. “What?” she gasped.

“How dare you sneak into your parents’ house after you disobeyed my command for you to be home for dinner?” her mother said in a low, venomous voice. She nodded with satisfaction at the shiver of fear that ran through her daughter. “How dare you shame me in front of our important guest. He was none too pleased to realize my daughter had shunned him. Shunned him!” her mother shrieked.

Eleanor held a hand to her cheek and whispered, “Mother, please.”

“Please what? Please condone you racing off to God-knows-where? Were you with a lover?” Her mother leaned forward, sniffing at her, as though she were a bloodhound. Although her mother was hard of hearing—the word deaf could never be used in her mother’s presence—her mother had a finely tuned sense of smell. “You were with a man.” Her stunned disbelief turned to vicious rage in an instant. Her fists pummeled Eleanor on her head, shoulders, and belly.

“Stop it!” Eleanor shrieked. “Stop it,” she yelled again, as she pushed at her mother, forcing her back a step.

Her mother, unaccustomed to her daughter fighting back, tripped and fell to her bottom on the floor.

“Mother, I’m sorry,” Eleanor gasped through her tears.

Mrs. Bouchard heaved herself up and held out a hand to keep her daughter away from her. “You’ve made your choice, you harlot.” She smoothed her hair that had come free of its pins. “Get out. Get out and never come back.” She stepped in front of the stairs. “No, Eleanor. You take nothing from this house. Nothing but the clothes on your back. See if he’ll want you now.”

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