To Have And to Hold
““Aye they have. I shall steel your cook before I go.” Peter warned eyeing his empty place with fond remembrance.
“You can try.” Dominic replied unconcerned and silence settled between them for several minutes. “Are you going up to see her?”
“I shall let her get her energy back first.” Peter replied wryly eying the smug contentment of his friend slouched opposite. “You know I have every intention of making her my wife.” Dominic murmured, “Now I have her, I have no intention of letting her ...go. She is perfectly safe with me.” “I know.” Peter paused for several minutes but couldn’t prevent the question. “How is she really?”
Dominic sighed and took a long draught of his brandy before turning his gaze away from the flickering flames in the hearth back towards his friend.
“She is as well as can be expected. She was half starved when we found her Peter. It was clear she hadn’t eaten much at all since her escape from Rupert.” Dominic leant forward in his chair and placed his forearms upon his thighs as he remembered the bones clearly visible through her wafer-thin skin. “It has taken some time to coax her to eat sufficiently to sustain her. With her lungs, her situation has been dire.” “What do you mean with her lungs?” Peter squelched down on the wave of alarm that swept through him as he eyed the solemnity on his friend’s face.MoreLess
“You can try.” Dominic replied unconcerned and silence settled between them for several minutes. “Are you going up to see her?”
“I shall let her get her energy back first.” Peter replied wryly eying the smug contentment of his friend slouched opposite. “You know I have every intention of making her my wife.” Dominic murmured, “Now I have her, I have no intention of letting her ...go. She is perfectly safe with me.” “I know.” Peter paused for several minutes but couldn’t prevent the question. “How is she really?”
Dominic sighed and took a long draught of his brandy before turning his gaze away from the flickering flames in the hearth back towards his friend.
“She is as well as can be expected. She was half starved when we found her Peter. It was clear she hadn’t eaten much at all since her escape from Rupert.” Dominic leant forward in his chair and placed his forearms upon his thighs as he remembered the bones clearly visible through her wafer-thin skin. “It has taken some time to coax her to eat sufficiently to sustain her. With her lungs, her situation has been dire.” “What do you mean with her lungs?” Peter squelched down on the wave of alarm that swept through him as he eyed the solemnity on his friend’s face.MoreLess
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