Her Rebel Heart
“Luke drew Deliverance towards him. She fitted into the shelter of his arm as if she had always belonged there.
“Last night I stood here and I thought that the end had come. Now I can just walk out of the sally port and there will be no one to stop me. I can't believe it is all over,” she said.
Luke sighed. “It's far from over, Deliverance. There is still a brutal war to be fought and there is no guarantee that Farrington won't be back. He wants Kinton Lacey.”
Her shoulders sagged beneath his to...uch. “I suppose you're right.”
“This county is loyal to the King and if he prevails in the fight, your father stands to lose everything.”
She turned her face to look up at him. “Are you always such a realist?”
He nodded. “I've learned to be but I have also learned that moments of happiness are not to be wasted, so just for tonight we are at peace once more and this lovely evening belongs to us.”
He turned her so she faced him and put his hands on her shoulders. “Deliverance Felton, you are the most irritating, strong-minded, difficult female I have ever had to deal with in my life which is why I am going to say something to you that I have said to no woman in my life.”MoreLess
“Last night I stood here and I thought that the end had come. Now I can just walk out of the sally port and there will be no one to stop me. I can't believe it is all over,” she said.
Luke sighed. “It's far from over, Deliverance. There is still a brutal war to be fought and there is no guarantee that Farrington won't be back. He wants Kinton Lacey.”
Her shoulders sagged beneath his to...uch. “I suppose you're right.”
“This county is loyal to the King and if he prevails in the fight, your father stands to lose everything.”
She turned her face to look up at him. “Are you always such a realist?”
He nodded. “I've learned to be but I have also learned that moments of happiness are not to be wasted, so just for tonight we are at peace once more and this lovely evening belongs to us.”
He turned her so she faced him and put his hands on her shoulders. “Deliverance Felton, you are the most irritating, strong-minded, difficult female I have ever had to deal with in my life which is why I am going to say something to you that I have said to no woman in my life.”MoreLess
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