Knight And the Witch 02 - a Summer Bewitchment
“Safe in his arms, making him safe and beloved in hers, Elfrida sank into his embrace. She knew without his saying that he had been rejected, shrieked at again, and only for his surface appearance, the least thing of him. The girl had not heard the sympathy in his voice, nor seen the kindness in his eyes. She had not noticed when he wrapped her in his cloak. She had judged him on his scars.
“Glad you came, sweeting.”
“I gathered that.” She drew back to look at him, so he could see her admiring.
...“Baldwin has melted away very quickly.”
“I told him to.”
“And how did you persuade him to ride you over? No, I do not think I want to know that. But how you ride! You must have tumbled off close to a dozen times.”
“I did not want to ride in front of him as I do with you.” She saw his eyes glow at that. “Who is the sleeper?”
A dart of sorrow, so fast that any who did not know him as she did would have missed it, crossed his handsome-ugly face. “Ah, now that is the puzzle.”MoreLess
“Glad you came, sweeting.”
“I gathered that.” She drew back to look at him, so he could see her admiring.
...“Baldwin has melted away very quickly.”
“I told him to.”
“And how did you persuade him to ride you over? No, I do not think I want to know that. But how you ride! You must have tumbled off close to a dozen times.”
“I did not want to ride in front of him as I do with you.” She saw his eyes glow at that. “Who is the sleeper?”
A dart of sorrow, so fast that any who did not know him as she did would have missed it, crossed his handsome-ugly face. “Ah, now that is the puzzle.”MoreLess
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