The Passionate Enemies (2012)
“She had heard that her father’s marriage had so far proved fruitless and she laughed to herself.
How she wished she were there! How she would love to have seen Stephen’s disappointment when he heard that there was to be this marriage. How she would have jeered at him.
He had hoped to inherit the crown. Stephen! Not even the eldest son of the Count of Blois! She would have teased him had she been there, laughed at his pretensions, maddened him until he wanted to seize her, shake her and then make love to her. Those had been the exciting days, and how she missed them.
Here she was married to an old man who bored her. She had to take great pains to keep her temper, yet she did for the most part, because it was wise to do so. He adored her, his handsome young wife, his clever ‘wife who could advise him on so many occasions, for it was the sad truth that the once great Emperor was becoming somewhat senile.
Often she wondered how long he would live, and what would become of her when he died.
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