Nightshade
“Both of her eyes were swollen nearly shut, however, and it took an effort to pry her eyelids up enough to see anything. She wasn’t certain when she’d succeeded. It was dark, too dark to see much. After a few moments, though, she realized light filtered from the sky above from a sliver of moon and a million stars and she saw just enough of her surroundings to realize that they were on the ramparts of the castle. “She was melancholy over the loss of my son … our son,” William muttered, correcti...ng himself. “I should have realized how despondent she was, especially after the mid-wife told her it was unlikely she would conceive again, but....” Sudden fear added to the chill gripping Bronwyn from the constant battering of the frigid wind that whipped her thin nightrail around her, and confusion. The fear was instinctual. In the months since she had been dragged to Raventhorne Keep as Lord William Smythson’s unwilling bride, he had taught her true terror. His mutterings confused her, though. Gathering her strength, she lifted her head, peering around them. They were alone. Who was he talking to, then? What was he talking about? He, more than anyone, should know she was not particularly despondent about losing his child.MoreLess
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