Morgan And Archer: a Novella
“The ladies at the front of the shadowed box might have been any pretty pair enjoying a night at the orchestra, the elder exhibiting the fashionable attire of a young matron of means.
The younger woman held Archer’s focus when he ought to have been scanning the other boxes for his quarry. She did this not by craning her neck or leaning over the railing, but rather by unhurried and quiet inspection of the glittering, laughing, bejeweled throng.
Archer had the niggling sense he’d seen her ...before, in a different setting. He might forget the occasional face, but he did not forget the graceful turn of a woman’s bare shoulders, or a chin that shaded toward determined but stopped short of stubborn.
Her profile was classic, her brown hair tidily coiled at her nape, her cream dress the very next thing to plain. She was quietly lovely, and yet, everything about her begged to be passed over at a glance, everything except for her stillness and the way she held her own counsel in a venue where talking—loudly and cleverly—was more a part of the program than the music.MoreLess
The younger woman held Archer’s focus when he ought to have been scanning the other boxes for his quarry. She did this not by craning her neck or leaning over the railing, but rather by unhurried and quiet inspection of the glittering, laughing, bejeweled throng.
Archer had the niggling sense he’d seen her ...before, in a different setting. He might forget the occasional face, but he did not forget the graceful turn of a woman’s bare shoulders, or a chin that shaded toward determined but stopped short of stubborn.
Her profile was classic, her brown hair tidily coiled at her nape, her cream dress the very next thing to plain. She was quietly lovely, and yet, everything about her begged to be passed over at a glance, everything except for her stillness and the way she held her own counsel in a venue where talking—loudly and cleverly—was more a part of the program than the music.MoreLess
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