Devil in My Bed
“Rocking her body slightly, humming a little nonsense tune, she strolled across a beautiful bedchamber to gaze dreamily from the window out at the elegant grounds of a vast estate. “Do you see, little one? All this is yours.”
Warm arms came about her from behind. Sighing with contentment, she leaned back against a solid manly chest.
“What shall we do today, my love?” she asked languorously. “Shall we take the baby on his first picnic?”
“What baby?” sneered a deep derisive voice behind her.
She w...hirled to see that the man behind her wasn’t Aidan at all—it was Wilhelm! She backed away, clutching her child protectively.
But the child wasn’t a child any longer. It was nothing more than the moldy bundle of rags she’d once used to conceal the jewels and silver she’d stolen from the house.
Wilhelm snatched the valuables away from her, flinging them out the window to fall clinking and shimmering to the lawn far below.
“You would steal from me?” Possessive hatred flashed in his eyes.MoreLess
Warm arms came about her from behind. Sighing with contentment, she leaned back against a solid manly chest.
“What shall we do today, my love?” she asked languorously. “Shall we take the baby on his first picnic?”
“What baby?” sneered a deep derisive voice behind her.
She w...hirled to see that the man behind her wasn’t Aidan at all—it was Wilhelm! She backed away, clutching her child protectively.
But the child wasn’t a child any longer. It was nothing more than the moldy bundle of rags she’d once used to conceal the jewels and silver she’d stolen from the house.
Wilhelm snatched the valuables away from her, flinging them out the window to fall clinking and shimmering to the lawn far below.
“You would steal from me?” Possessive hatred flashed in his eyes.MoreLess
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