The Bride and the Brute (29 page)
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Authors: Jack
And there were the great battles, fighting at the King’s side. She shrugged. It all seemed so unreal to her. She had just turned away when his soft voice reached her.
“Where was Jared when you got those bruises?”
Taylor turned slowly. “Jared is not my protector,” she said. “I am a free woman and I do as I please.”
He lifted his gaze to her, and she was suddenly startled at how blue his eyes were. Then those tawny brows slanted over his eyes, and he returned his concentration to his horse.
He had dismissed her without a word! Exasperation filled her. But in that exasperation was a sense of victory. For the woman he sought stood face-to-face with him and he didn’t even know it!
A KNIGHT OF HONOR
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