Shadow Keepers: Midnight
“She wanted to fly across the field. To flee her father’s house, to race from Velletri, from Rome, from her very life. She wanted to soar as far as the horse would carry her. By the Virgin, she wanted to race all the way to the sea and never stop until she lost herself in some far-off land where she could throw off the mantle of her life and hide from her family—and from her fears.
Antonio.
She tugged at the reins, pulling her horse to a stop, then bent over and pressed her face against the beas...t’s neck, already damp with exertion and now doubly so with her tears. She was living in a world gone mad, and her father forbade her to even speak of it. Her brother—the baby of the family—kidnapped. Her father gathering his men, not to rescue his own flesh and blood, but to join the papal forces fighting against the Spanish encroachment. Her famous anger rose hot within her, and she heard the echo of her nurse’s voice telling her to calm herself. That such fits of temper were not becoming a lady of her station.MoreLess
Antonio.
She tugged at the reins, pulling her horse to a stop, then bent over and pressed her face against the beas...t’s neck, already damp with exertion and now doubly so with her tears. She was living in a world gone mad, and her father forbade her to even speak of it. Her brother—the baby of the family—kidnapped. Her father gathering his men, not to rescue his own flesh and blood, but to join the papal forces fighting against the Spanish encroachment. Her famous anger rose hot within her, and she heard the echo of her nurse’s voice telling her to calm herself. That such fits of temper were not becoming a lady of her station.MoreLess
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