After the Scandal (2014)
“There was no sight, no sound. Nothing. Nothing but the empty alley, the pitch darkness, and the hard hammering of her heart in her ears. He had left her.
Claire’s palms went damp and clammy. Heat prickled and then chilled her skin. Her breath sounded short and harsh in her ears.
Without His strange Grace of Fenmore, she was completely on her own. And entirely out of her depth. She did not dare to call out to him after he had cautioned her to quiet.
But she did not want to be alone. ...Already the hot clutch of panic was closing in around her.
No. No, she would not be a girl who needed to be petted and cosseted and attended by others every minute of every day. She would not. If he thought she could scale a six-foot wall, she could. She would. She would have courage, and take care of herself.
Claire abandoned all pretense to ladylike sophistication, and wadded up the muslin skirts of her silk-embroidered ball gown, hiking her petticoats and rucking the hems into her garters without care for the cost or fineness of the material.MoreLess
Claire’s palms went damp and clammy. Heat prickled and then chilled her skin. Her breath sounded short and harsh in her ears.
Without His strange Grace of Fenmore, she was completely on her own. And entirely out of her depth. She did not dare to call out to him after he had cautioned her to quiet.
But she did not want to be alone. ...Already the hot clutch of panic was closing in around her.
No. No, she would not be a girl who needed to be petted and cosseted and attended by others every minute of every day. She would not. If he thought she could scale a six-foot wall, she could. She would. She would have courage, and take care of herself.
Claire abandoned all pretense to ladylike sophistication, and wadded up the muslin skirts of her silk-embroidered ball gown, hiking her petticoats and rucking the hems into her garters without care for the cost or fineness of the material.MoreLess
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