Just Deserts
“‘Make way, there, make way! Miss Winsford is exhausted and in need of rest. Make way, I say!’ Her head spun giddily and blackness threatened to claim her. She clutched at the solid body which supported her and moaned softy.
‘My head swims.’ ‘Don’t try to talk,’ the same voice said, but gently. ‘You will be better directly.’ The dizziness began to recede and as her eyelids fluttered a little she became aware that she was being carried up a sweep of staircase in unfamiliar surroundings. Yet the v...oice had been reassuringly familiar. All at once she realised who it was and her eyes flew fully open.
‘Chiddingly?’ His gaze flicked downwards, but he neither loosened his hold nor slowed his progress up the stairs.
‘You swooned.’ Persephone could only gaze up at the line of his firm jaw in wonder. The oddest sensation was succeeding the faintness. A slow spread of warmth that seemed to glow and tingle in her veins.
Her heartbeat, already fast, began to race, thumping so strongly that she was vaguely surprised he could not hear it.MoreLess
‘My head swims.’ ‘Don’t try to talk,’ the same voice said, but gently. ‘You will be better directly.’ The dizziness began to recede and as her eyelids fluttered a little she became aware that she was being carried up a sweep of staircase in unfamiliar surroundings. Yet the v...oice had been reassuringly familiar. All at once she realised who it was and her eyes flew fully open.
‘Chiddingly?’ His gaze flicked downwards, but he neither loosened his hold nor slowed his progress up the stairs.
‘You swooned.’ Persephone could only gaze up at the line of his firm jaw in wonder. The oddest sensation was succeeding the faintness. A slow spread of warmth that seemed to glow and tingle in her veins.
Her heartbeat, already fast, began to race, thumping so strongly that she was vaguely surprised he could not hear it.MoreLess
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