Tainted Whispers
And if she had a reading habit, he could get the books of her taste stocked in the library.
He pushed open the heavy oak doors of the library, his boots silent on the thick Persian rugs. He found her in the corner, cuddled on the big, round couch, and bathed in the dying light of the late evening.
He stopped, his gaze fixing on the girl. She looked fragile, but peaceful. Her dark hair fell over her face, and the novel, a cheap thing with a colorful cover, was clutched loosely in her lap. She wasn't the defiant bride or the broken victim in this moment; she was just a girl, hiding in the only sanctuary she could find in his magnificent estate.
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