6/11/2023 0 Comments Romancing the duke by tessa dare![]() ![]() The dog went mad, jumping and yipping at the snarling creature attacking his master. A swoop of slinky, toothy, brown-and-white predator. Just as she feared, his finger had a swoop dangling from it. With a primal howl of pain, he jerked his hand from the valise. “What the devil is in this thing?” He opened the valise’s latch. “Oh, can’t I?” He gathered her shawl from its drying place and wadded it into a ball, preparing to stuff it into the valise. I’ve told you I won’t ask you to leave, Your Grace. “What’s in this valise?” he asked, frowning. If your father was renowned throughout England-knighted, even-you must have funds. “But I haven’t anywhere to go, or any means of getting there.” “What?” Panic gathered in her chest as she stared at the valise. Then he strode the same distance back and set it on the table. ![]() He lifted her valise from its resting place near the entry-two steps to the right of the door, as he’d told her earlier. ![]() She didn’t want to be the heartless landowner who forced a blind man from his home. Even if he did have finer estates elsewhere, moving houses would mean starting all over again. She began to understand why he would be so loath to leave it. If he’d been recovering in Gostley Castle ever since the injury, he must have worked tirelessly to chart a map of the place in his head. She stumbled more often than he did, and she had functioning eyesight. He strode to the opposite side of the hall, navigating the space and its furnishings with an ease that made Izzy envious. ![]()
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