The Handmaiden's Necklace
“She felt pleasantly battered and completely sated. Last night, they had made the most splendid love.
A dreamy smile blossomed on her face as she recalled the pleasure they had shared, the joining of their bodies, which had happened more than once. Then she glanced at the empty place in bed where Rafe’s hard-muscled frame should have lain and her smile slipped away.
He was gone as if he had never been there, as if they had never made love. Danielle slumped back against the feather pillow, sudden...ly tired again.
It was nearly an hour later that she dragged herself from beneath the covers and returned to her own suite of rooms. Walking over to the bell pull, she rang for a bath, hoping it would wash away her dismal mood. By the time she had finished, Caro had arrived to help her dress for the day, braid and pin up her hair.
For a while, she wandered the empty rooms of the house, wondering where her husband might have gone, yearning to see him. As the morning waned, she and Caro walked the gravel paths of the winter garden, pretty, though stark, with its animal topiary and the first green shoots of the earliest spring bulbs pushing up through the soil.MoreLess
A dreamy smile blossomed on her face as she recalled the pleasure they had shared, the joining of their bodies, which had happened more than once. Then she glanced at the empty place in bed where Rafe’s hard-muscled frame should have lain and her smile slipped away.
He was gone as if he had never been there, as if they had never made love. Danielle slumped back against the feather pillow, sudden...ly tired again.
It was nearly an hour later that she dragged herself from beneath the covers and returned to her own suite of rooms. Walking over to the bell pull, she rang for a bath, hoping it would wash away her dismal mood. By the time she had finished, Caro had arrived to help her dress for the day, braid and pin up her hair.
For a while, she wandered the empty rooms of the house, wondering where her husband might have gone, yearning to see him. As the morning waned, she and Caro walked the gravel paths of the winter garden, pretty, though stark, with its animal topiary and the first green shoots of the earliest spring bulbs pushing up through the soil.MoreLess
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