Wild Hearts
“"She's going to sketch me." "Be warned. Use extreme caution. She can be as venomous as a snake." "She looks more like Eve than the serpent," said Tabby.
Paris did not wish Tabby to be exposed to Anne's evil: She contaminated everyone she touched. Yet he did not forbid the visits, knowing full well Tabby would soon discover how unsavory the woman was.
"May I leave now, milord?" she asked formally.
"Stop milording me. I thought you might like to know that Mrs. Graham, your hated enemy, is dead." Her eyes widened. He had said the statement bluntly, barely. Did he mean he had killed her? She wet her lips, gone suddenly dry, and ventured, "Did she die of natural causes, milord?" "No, it was murder," he said flatly.
She recoiled from him as her mind asked the inevitable question.
He changed the subject swiftly, abruptly, by reaching into his doublet and producing a gold coin. "For fairings tomorrow." "I don't want your money," she flared.
He took her arm savagely and made her take the coin.... "That's another bruise you can look at when you undress." She lay for a long time with sleep a million miles away.MoreLess
Paris did not wish Tabby to be exposed to Anne's evil: She contaminated everyone she touched. Yet he did not forbid the visits, knowing full well Tabby would soon discover how unsavory the woman was.
"May I leave now, milord?" she asked formally.
"Stop milording me. I thought you might like to know that Mrs. Graham, your hated enemy, is dead." Her eyes widened. He had said the statement bluntly, barely. Did he mean he had killed her? She wet her lips, gone suddenly dry, and ventured, "Did she die of natural causes, milord?" "No, it was murder," he said flatly.
She recoiled from him as her mind asked the inevitable question.
He changed the subject swiftly, abruptly, by reaching into his doublet and producing a gold coin. "For fairings tomorrow." "I don't want your money," she flared.
He took her arm savagely and made her take the coin.... "That's another bruise you can look at when you undress." She lay for a long time with sleep a million miles away.MoreLess
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