Intimate Deception
“Sweat beaded on his forehead, then ran down his face and into his eyes. He wanted to run but there was no place for him to go. No place where her agonizing pleas for help would not follow him.
He stiffened his shoulders and walked to the end of the hall, his carriage every inch a duke’s even though inside he hardly felt like one. He’d known it would be this way. He’d gone through this before. Had always known it would be like the last time. And the time before.
Great waves of terror washed over... him, the panic building inside him nearly bringing him to his knees. He couldn’t go through this again. Couldn’t survive it.
His legs trembled beneath him. His stomach churned until he feared he’d be ill. A painful weight pressed against his chest, stealing the air from his body. He couldn’t stand by while another woman lost her life trying to give him an heir. Not again.
He clamped his hands over his ears to stop her cries of agony. The guilt was too much to bear, the regrets too consuming.MoreLess
He stiffened his shoulders and walked to the end of the hall, his carriage every inch a duke’s even though inside he hardly felt like one. He’d known it would be this way. He’d gone through this before. Had always known it would be like the last time. And the time before.
Great waves of terror washed over... him, the panic building inside him nearly bringing him to his knees. He couldn’t go through this again. Couldn’t survive it.
His legs trembled beneath him. His stomach churned until he feared he’d be ill. A painful weight pressed against his chest, stealing the air from his body. He couldn’t stand by while another woman lost her life trying to give him an heir. Not again.
He clamped his hands over his ears to stop her cries of agony. The guilt was too much to bear, the regrets too consuming.MoreLess
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