Blood Wicked
“He had not told her what he meant by it, what the word even meant. No, brimming with arrogance, Lord Blackmoor had turned on his heel and vanished after tossing that word into her bedroom like a flaming cannonball.
Vivienne jumped out of her bed and snatched up a robe. She dragged it onto her naked body as she charged out into the empty hallway. The door to the servants’ stairs stood open. She raced up the back stairs in the pitch black. She missed steps, bumped her shins, and arrived at the to...p. She searched the attic rooms for him, finding one locked.
Damn. She’d run after him, but he had gotten here so far ahead of her, he’d had time to lock the door.
He was sleeping in a dark, ignored part of the attic. Faint snores came from the servants’ bedrooms that filled the rest of the space. She tried again to turn the knob. It didn’t budge. She rattled it. She didn’t dare pound on the door or shout; she’d wake everyone else.
This stranger had barred her own door to her.
She braced a foot on it and pulled.MoreLess
Vivienne jumped out of her bed and snatched up a robe. She dragged it onto her naked body as she charged out into the empty hallway. The door to the servants’ stairs stood open. She raced up the back stairs in the pitch black. She missed steps, bumped her shins, and arrived at the to...p. She searched the attic rooms for him, finding one locked.
Damn. She’d run after him, but he had gotten here so far ahead of her, he’d had time to lock the door.
He was sleeping in a dark, ignored part of the attic. Faint snores came from the servants’ bedrooms that filled the rest of the space. She tried again to turn the knob. It didn’t budge. She rattled it. She didn’t dare pound on the door or shout; she’d wake everyone else.
This stranger had barred her own door to her.
She braced a foot on it and pulled.MoreLess
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