The Earl Claims a Bride
“The early-morning sky was a hazy gray. Harrison had sat at the card table and watched the sun rise above the horizon from the window on the far side of the room. He’d seen a few people pass by the tavern since dawn and knew there was a blustery wind outside that was promising rain. Perhaps it was just as well that he and Bray hadn’t planned to start their journey home until tomorrow.The evening had been like old times with Bray and Adam, staying up all night drinking, playing cards, and relivin...g in great and exaggerated details the escapades of their younger years. But none of them had drunk to the excesses they used to. Harrison was feeling quite mellow and ready for a few hours in bed. He suspected his friends were feeling the same way, too. Not that either of them would ever admit it to him.When he and Bray had visited Adam a year ago, he wouldn’t go with them to the local pub for a tankard of ale. But at the time, it had only been three months since he’d lost his wife and child.Harrison had been touring the world when it happened, but Bray had told him that Adam’s wife had suffered for three days trying to bear his child.MoreLess
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