Forbidden
“At least two or three a.m.
The footman had taken another hour to trudge back to the cabin with different transportation. The snowstorm had let up enough for them to continue on at last.
Though… there was a part of Benedict that wished he and Katherine could have stayed in that cabin forever, away from his past, away from his uncertain future.
Stupidity seemed to be the only way to describe his actions. How had he not remembered Maria?
Or the six before her?
Exhausted, his legs felt as if he had... poured sand into his boots. Slowly, he made his way into his house and heading straight up the stairs, not bothering to deal with the situation as of yet. He would need energy and sustenance to do what he had to do.
He pushed open the door to his room and cursed.
"I've been waiting for you," a lush feminine voice said in the darkness.
He wanted to hit something. How the devil did she know he would be arriving at such a time?
"You must be exhausted," the throaty voice continued. "Let me relieve some of that tension, your grace." "No." His response was cold, angry.MoreLess
The footman had taken another hour to trudge back to the cabin with different transportation. The snowstorm had let up enough for them to continue on at last.
Though… there was a part of Benedict that wished he and Katherine could have stayed in that cabin forever, away from his past, away from his uncertain future.
Stupidity seemed to be the only way to describe his actions. How had he not remembered Maria?
Or the six before her?
Exhausted, his legs felt as if he had... poured sand into his boots. Slowly, he made his way into his house and heading straight up the stairs, not bothering to deal with the situation as of yet. He would need energy and sustenance to do what he had to do.
He pushed open the door to his room and cursed.
"I've been waiting for you," a lush feminine voice said in the darkness.
He wanted to hit something. How the devil did she know he would be arriving at such a time?
"You must be exhausted," the throaty voice continued. "Let me relieve some of that tension, your grace." "No." His response was cold, angry.MoreLess
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