Moonlight Rebel by Ferrarella Marie

Author:Ferrarella, Marie [Ferrarella, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-27T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Krystyna arrived at the breakfast table only a few minutes before Morgan appeared. It had been several days since Sin-Jin's fever had broken, and still he remained in her cabin undetected. She would let him stay there until he grew strong enough to travel, but Krystyna couldn't help thinking that her luck would soon run out.

Savannah gave her a curious look as she took her place at the table. Krystyna could tell by her expression that Savannah wondered at her being out of breath. She took up her linen napkin and carefully spread it on her lap, pretending not to notice the other woman's scrutiny.

The number of holiday guests had thinned out. There were only a handful left now, and those would stay on until the end of January. Or perhaps even longer.

Krystyna noted that Charity remained, though her brother had departed for home. It confirmed her feelings about Jason's motives where she was concerned. Evidently the secret times they had shared meant nothing to him.

Charity had taken great care in arranging herself before she had come down to breakfast. Her brother was returning for her in a week, and she was determined that by that time, she would have Jason setting a date for the wedding. Thus far, however, her efforts had failed. In fact she was beginning to doubt the event would ever take place.

When she had first coaxed Jason into the engagement, it hadn't bothered her that there had been no date set. He had asked for her hand in marriage after she had plied him with a good deal of libation — and after they had made love in her room. It had been one of those rare opportunities when everyone had been somewhere else, and she had lured Jason into being alone with her. At the time, she had been overjoyed at winning the most eligible man in the county. But now the vagueness of the arrangement annoyed her.

In her own self-centered way, she was in love with Jason. Having him made her the envy of the other women in the county. And he was rich. But there was more to it than that. The way he had pleasured her in bed was beyond description. She had no intention of losing him.

Since this wretched so-called countess had descended upon them, Charity was beginning to feel as if the slight hold she had on Jason was slipping further and further away. His lusty appetite had taken him to tavern girls and who-knew-what-all-else, but she had always believed that was harmless enough. Men were men, and none of them were faithful. Still, he would marry her. Or so she had believed until Krystyna came.

This was something else again. Her competitor was, if one were to believe her, a woman of breeding. And there was nothing casual in the way Jason looked at her. This could be a serious obstacle. Charity could have scratched the woman's eyes out —or poisoned her —without giving the matter a second thought if an opportunity had presented itself.

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