The Marquess's Scottish Bride: a Sweet & Clean Historical Romance (The Chase Brides book 2)
“Caithren said irritably a few hours later.
Waiting at the end of the bridge into Newark-on-Trent, she yanked up on both the stomacher and her shift, giving the evil eye to the two shabby men who were crossing. “I’m not wearing this doxy’s dress again.”
She smiled to herself when Jason guided Chiron down the exact center of the bridge.
“Careful, you’re going towards the right—I mean, left. You wouldn’t want to risk something bad happening should you veer from the middle.”
“Very funny.” His tone ...was dry, but she thought she could feel him laughing behind her. “It’s clouding up again, so I think we’ll stop here and try to make up the time tomorrow.”
“Are you sure?” she asked. “It isn’t dark yet. Though the thought of a bed is appealing.” And in the last twelve miles she’d learned the folly of turning down dinner in Tuxford. It felt as though a hole sat in the place where her stomach was supposed to be.
The sky did look menacing. After the soft, rain-soaked road, Chiron’s hooves sounded loud on the town’s cobblestones as he carried them down Beast Market Hill and onto Castlegate.MoreLess
Waiting at the end of the bridge into Newark-on-Trent, she yanked up on both the stomacher and her shift, giving the evil eye to the two shabby men who were crossing. “I’m not wearing this doxy’s dress again.”
She smiled to herself when Jason guided Chiron down the exact center of the bridge.
“Careful, you’re going towards the right—I mean, left. You wouldn’t want to risk something bad happening should you veer from the middle.”
“Very funny.” His tone ...was dry, but she thought she could feel him laughing behind her. “It’s clouding up again, so I think we’ll stop here and try to make up the time tomorrow.”
“Are you sure?” she asked. “It isn’t dark yet. Though the thought of a bed is appealing.” And in the last twelve miles she’d learned the folly of turning down dinner in Tuxford. It felt as though a hole sat in the place where her stomach was supposed to be.
The sky did look menacing. After the soft, rain-soaked road, Chiron’s hooves sounded loud on the town’s cobblestones as he carried them down Beast Market Hill and onto Castlegate.MoreLess
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