Once a Mistress (2011)
“Pride surged hard and fast ahead of the many emotions that inundated him. Knowing both women as he did, he had no doubt that Rosana had incited whatever altercation resulted in the present scene. She had started it, he thought with a quick flash of amusement, but she had not expected Diana to finish it.
His amusement faded, and discomfort took its place. A man simply did not want his intended bride engaging in tavern brawls, especially not with a woman of loose morals who had once been his mist...ress. Anger came into play as he wondered what Diana was doing in the taproom at all. He had left her upstairs in his room. Under guard. Protected. He had left orders that she was to stay there until he himself came to fetch her. Someone would suffer the captain’s wrath for this, he thought darkly.
“What the devil is going on here?” he repeated.
The excited shouts and curses of the onlookers had faded to total silence. Rosana, who had worn a mask of thwarted fury only moments before, assumed a frightened expression.MoreLess
His amusement faded, and discomfort took its place. A man simply did not want his intended bride engaging in tavern brawls, especially not with a woman of loose morals who had once been his mist...ress. Anger came into play as he wondered what Diana was doing in the taproom at all. He had left her upstairs in his room. Under guard. Protected. He had left orders that she was to stay there until he himself came to fetch her. Someone would suffer the captain’s wrath for this, he thought darkly.
“What the devil is going on here?” he repeated.
The excited shouts and curses of the onlookers had faded to total silence. Rosana, who had worn a mask of thwarted fury only moments before, assumed a frightened expression.MoreLess
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