Claiming the Courtesan
“Verity would have made for the woods if she thought she could outrun Kylemore over the open area she needed to cross first. But even in her panic, she knew better.
Skittering on the damp grass, she scrambled into the bushes. Twigs and thorns tore at her hair and dress as she pushed her way toward the center, only stopping when the branches became an impassable barrier.
She huddled into a ball, trying to make herself invisible, although no one outside would be able to see her through the undergr...owth and the darkness. She tried without success to control her sawing breath.
He was near. She couldn’t hear him or see him, but the prickling hairs on her skin told her he was watching, waiting for her to betray her position.
“Verity, come out,” he eventually said. As expected, he was very close. “There’s nowhere for you to go.”
He sounded like a reasonable man when he used that coaxing tone. Once, she might have believed that was what he was. No longer.
The gossip was right. All the Kinmurries were mad.MoreLess
Skittering on the damp grass, she scrambled into the bushes. Twigs and thorns tore at her hair and dress as she pushed her way toward the center, only stopping when the branches became an impassable barrier.
She huddled into a ball, trying to make herself invisible, although no one outside would be able to see her through the undergr...owth and the darkness. She tried without success to control her sawing breath.
He was near. She couldn’t hear him or see him, but the prickling hairs on her skin told her he was watching, waiting for her to betray her position.
“Verity, come out,” he eventually said. As expected, he was very close. “There’s nowhere for you to go.”
He sounded like a reasonable man when he used that coaxing tone. Once, she might have believed that was what he was. No longer.
The gossip was right. All the Kinmurries were mad.MoreLess
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