Forbidden to Love the Duke (2015)
“Walker refused to settle down unless Mary stayed until he fell asleep. The one night that the duke had insisted he go to sleep by himself, the boy had been seized with night terrors and was found wandering about in the hall, oblivious to his surroundings.
At last he nodded off. Ivy closed the book. “You may read in your room for fifteen more minutes before you go to sleep, Mary. You know I’m in the next room if Walker wakes up. Heavens, I’m so tired I can hardly move.”
No sooner had she... closed her eyes to take a momentary rest than thunder boomed from the fields beyond the house. Five minutes or so later a series of blasts drew her—and Mary—to the window.
“Walker hates thunderstorms,” Mary whispered, wide-awake and scornful.
Ivy studied the clear starlit sky. “I don’t see a single cloud.”
“Isn’t tomorrow your day off?”
“Yes, but I have work to do here.MoreLess
At last he nodded off. Ivy closed the book. “You may read in your room for fifteen more minutes before you go to sleep, Mary. You know I’m in the next room if Walker wakes up. Heavens, I’m so tired I can hardly move.”
No sooner had she... closed her eyes to take a momentary rest than thunder boomed from the fields beyond the house. Five minutes or so later a series of blasts drew her—and Mary—to the window.
“Walker hates thunderstorms,” Mary whispered, wide-awake and scornful.
Ivy studied the clear starlit sky. “I don’t see a single cloud.”
“Isn’t tomorrow your day off?”
“Yes, but I have work to do here.MoreLess
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