Ivory And Steel
“Then another joined in, pitched higher and rising on a wail, painful to the ears. Phyllida winced and tried to escape the sound by rolling over. She struck something hard.
“Easy.” Ingram’s deep, soothing tones reached her.
Ingram? She dragged her eyes open but everything blurred into hazy shapes, no colors, only varying shades of dark and light. She raised one unsteady hand and Ingram caught it in a sustaining clasp.
“What—” She broke off as memory flooded back. She dragged herself up onto one ...elbow then into a sitting position. For a moment the world spun about in an unmannerly fashion then settled into the familiar setting of Louisa’s brightly illuminated bedchamber. Lord Ingram’s arm closed about her, keeping her from falling back to the floor. Her bleary gaze swept the scattered heaps of gowns that she had folded so neatly to be given away.
“Again,”
she breathed.
“Don’t try to stand,” Ingram ordered. His arm tightened about her, pressing her cheek into the soft brocade of his dressing gown.MoreLess
“Easy.” Ingram’s deep, soothing tones reached her.
Ingram? She dragged her eyes open but everything blurred into hazy shapes, no colors, only varying shades of dark and light. She raised one unsteady hand and Ingram caught it in a sustaining clasp.
“What—” She broke off as memory flooded back. She dragged herself up onto one ...elbow then into a sitting position. For a moment the world spun about in an unmannerly fashion then settled into the familiar setting of Louisa’s brightly illuminated bedchamber. Lord Ingram’s arm closed about her, keeping her from falling back to the floor. Her bleary gaze swept the scattered heaps of gowns that she had folded so neatly to be given away.
“Again,”
she breathed.
“Don’t try to stand,” Ingram ordered. His arm tightened about her, pressing her cheek into the soft brocade of his dressing gown.MoreLess
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