Damn, damn. She looked way too innocent and way too marriageable. What had he gotten himself into?
He rearranged the bedding to hide the obvious, then lifted himself to the head of the bed.
The mademoiselle didn’t look so much offended as just plain pissing mad. Her eyes had narrowed and her face glowed a deep red. She had the look of a woman who might impale him with the fireplace poker.
The door to his bedroom swung open, knocking against the wall. The pain behind his eyes pounding like a son of a…
Denby, his valet, stormed into the room, swearing under his breath. “What the hell? Are you okay, Mademoiselle Gabrielle?”
She gestured with her hands and spoke in rapid French to Denby. Had she just called the Earl of Kendal a “stupid, horse’s ass?”
Denby took the irate woman’s arm. “I’ll clean up the mess. Now that he’s awake, you should prepare yourself to leave. We’ve a long journey ahead of us.”
With no word of farewell, the Mademoiselle Gabrielle huffed and left the room.
Denby chuckled “Barely awake and already causing problems.” He bent to pick up the water container. “It is good to see you back, my lord. You scared the hell out of me. If it weren’t for Mademesoille Gabby’s nursing, I’m not sure…”
“I’ve been sick?” He did feel a bit weak after his rustle with the young woman.
“You developed a fever right after we escaped from Paris.”
The memory of fleeing Paris and Fouche’s men brought him totally awake. “All I remember is leaving Paris dressed as a nun.”
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A Wedding Code
Copyright © Jacki Delecki 2017
Excerpt from A Cantata of Love
Copyright © Jacki Delecki 2016
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, locales, is entirely coincidental.
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ISBN: 978-0-997-1891-0-0
Published by Doe Bay Publishing, Seattle, Washington.
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