Triumph in Arms
“It was the first time he’d seen Paul since Reine had been discovered in his bed three days ago. The boy looked up and his expression turned surly. Dark color surged into his face. He rose from his chair.
“Don’t leave on my account,” Christien said in an even tone. “I’ll go elsewhere. That’s after an apology in any form you like for compromising your sister.”
“I should call you out.” Paul leaned his fists on the tabletop as he faced him across it.
“I beg you won’t. It’s enough to have everyone in the house disgusted with me without adding Reine to the list. She might well call off the wedding if I nicked her favorite brother.”
“Could turn out you’d be the one nicked.”
“So it might,” he agreed. “Then you could explain to Reine.”
The pugnacious look on the boy’s face faded a degree. “You’d best not have any idea of skipping out on the wedding.”
“The last thing on my mind, I assure you.” God knew that was the truth, Christien thought. He would be a fool to abandon Reine, so exquisitely re...sponsive to his least touch, so matched to his body in size, shape and impulses that he ached from just thinking of it.MoreLess
“Don’t leave on my account,” Christien said in an even tone. “I’ll go elsewhere. That’s after an apology in any form you like for compromising your sister.”
“I should call you out.” Paul leaned his fists on the tabletop as he faced him across it.
“I beg you won’t. It’s enough to have everyone in the house disgusted with me without adding Reine to the list. She might well call off the wedding if I nicked her favorite brother.”
“Could turn out you’d be the one nicked.”
“So it might,” he agreed. “Then you could explain to Reine.”
The pugnacious look on the boy’s face faded a degree. “You’d best not have any idea of skipping out on the wedding.”
“The last thing on my mind, I assure you.” God knew that was the truth, Christien thought. He would be a fool to abandon Reine, so exquisitely re...sponsive to his least touch, so matched to his body in size, shape and impulses that he ached from just thinking of it.MoreLess
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