The Runaway Princess
“She heard Danior’s cry, and felt hands, Victor’s or Rafaello’s, grab her as she fell. They laid her out on the ground on a cloak, and the chill woke her completely. “I’m well,” she said.
Danior paid no attention. “She’s not well.”
“She’s a lady,” Rafaello said. “She’s too delicate for this grueling trek.”
Victor snorted. “She claims she’s not a lady.”
She tried to sit up, but nausea lapped at her, and she sank back. “I just couldn’t listen to that gruesome report.”
“We were trying to distract y...ou,” Danior said in obvious irritation.
Turning her head away, she groaned.
His hands reached for her, touched her with remarkable gentleness, skimmed over her throat, her shoulders, down her arms. “You are hurt.”
She didn’t care how impersonally he was handling her, she wasn’t about to let him run his fingers over her torso and points in between. “It’s my foot!”
The hands stopped. “Of course.” Standing, he stepped away, and spoke to the bodyguards in a low tone.MoreLess
Danior paid no attention. “She’s not well.”
“She’s a lady,” Rafaello said. “She’s too delicate for this grueling trek.”
Victor snorted. “She claims she’s not a lady.”
She tried to sit up, but nausea lapped at her, and she sank back. “I just couldn’t listen to that gruesome report.”
“We were trying to distract y...ou,” Danior said in obvious irritation.
Turning her head away, she groaned.
His hands reached for her, touched her with remarkable gentleness, skimmed over her throat, her shoulders, down her arms. “You are hurt.”
She didn’t care how impersonally he was handling her, she wasn’t about to let him run his fingers over her torso and points in between. “It’s my foot!”
The hands stopped. “Of course.” Standing, he stepped away, and spoke to the bodyguards in a low tone.MoreLess
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