The Rake
“She drowsed, but she did not sleep so deeply that she failed to notice the increase in activity at Lord Wyndham’s door late in the night, despite the fact that his room was two doors down from hers and nearer the stairs.
Climbing from the bed, she grabbed a robe and slipped into it, securing it by the ribbon beneath her breasts, then crept to the door and opened it wide enough that she could look down the hall. Sarah, she saw, was carrying a pail of water into the invalid’s room. Demi’s heart l...urched. That could only mean that his fever had risen.
Glancing up and down the hall to make certain no one else was around, Demi dashed for the door to Lord Wyndham’s room and tested the knob. Finding that it was not locked, she went in, closing the door behind her. Her gaze went toward the bed first where she saw that he was moving restlessly, his complexion as flushed now as it had been pale before. Sarah was in the act of pouring water into the basin. She glanced around when she’d filled it, stopping dead in her tracks when she saw Demitria.MoreLess
Climbing from the bed, she grabbed a robe and slipped into it, securing it by the ribbon beneath her breasts, then crept to the door and opened it wide enough that she could look down the hall. Sarah, she saw, was carrying a pail of water into the invalid’s room. Demi’s heart l...urched. That could only mean that his fever had risen.
Glancing up and down the hall to make certain no one else was around, Demi dashed for the door to Lord Wyndham’s room and tested the knob. Finding that it was not locked, she went in, closing the door behind her. Her gaze went toward the bed first where she saw that he was moving restlessly, his complexion as flushed now as it had been pale before. Sarah was in the act of pouring water into the basin. She glanced around when she’d filled it, stopping dead in her tracks when she saw Demitria.MoreLess
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