Devil's Embrace
“He drew her to a halt below deck in front of a closed door.“After you, Cassandra,” he said as he opened the door, and stood back for her to enter.Cassie stepped into a shadowy cabin, aware of the tangy scent of lemon polish and sandalwood. She dully noted the rich mahogany paneling and the elegant furnishings. It was a cabin fit for a captain and an earl. She whipped about at the sound of a key turning in the lock.He turned to face her, a broad-shouldered man, who now seemed a dangerous strange...r to her. His eyes appeared black in the soft afternoon light of the cabin, darker than she remembered, almost as black as his arched brows and his thick hair.“Would you care for a cup of tea?” he asked.She stared at him, and shook her head out of habit.“Forgive my lapse of memory. You do not care for tea, do you? Most un-English of you, Cassandra.”She watched warily as he crossed the cabin, his steps noiseless on the deep pile of the blue carpet, and eased himself onto a high-backed leather chair, one of four that stood about an elegant circular table.“Will you not sit down?”Cassie forced her feet forward to stand behind one of the chairs, and clutched at its carved back.“How stupid of me to have forgotten,”MoreLess
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