Destiny's Kiss
“Lirienne tried to keep her mouth from falling open in astonishment as Mallory Blois bowed over her hand. This must be a dream, for she stood in the magnificent entrance to a house that was beyond her imagination and a duc was urging her to think of this as her home. Only her headache told her she was awake.
The streets, although nightfall had come more than an hour ago, had been filled with the sans-culottes demanding more food and more deaths. Riding in the carriage, which had been dirtied to ...hide its onetime glory, she had tried to ignore their chanting as they crossed the Pont Neuf. It still rang through her head.
“Come with me,” the duc said, motioning toward the back of the house as he held up a single lamp that reluctantly lit the hall. “We must take no chance on being seen here.” A smile stripped years from his face. “An entrance hall is the place for the duc and his family to greet friends, not for the footman.”
“Footman?” asked Philippe as he put his hand at her waist and steered her around mahogany furniture upholstered in unblemished white silk.MoreLess
The streets, although nightfall had come more than an hour ago, had been filled with the sans-culottes demanding more food and more deaths. Riding in the carriage, which had been dirtied to ...hide its onetime glory, she had tried to ignore their chanting as they crossed the Pont Neuf. It still rang through her head.
“Come with me,” the duc said, motioning toward the back of the house as he held up a single lamp that reluctantly lit the hall. “We must take no chance on being seen here.” A smile stripped years from his face. “An entrance hall is the place for the duc and his family to greet friends, not for the footman.”
“Footman?” asked Philippe as he put his hand at her waist and steered her around mahogany furniture upholstered in unblemished white silk.MoreLess
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