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‘Tea,’ he ordered for her Tea was soothing, wasn’t it? His little nun needed soothing; she was beginning to wriggle in agitation like a ruffled hen and, hell, if she didn’t stop she wasn’t the only one who’d need it Soothing, that was, not tea He really needed a wo

Alex kicked the door closed behind hiht for his usual composure Nuns apparently did not wear corsets The discovery was seriously unsettling The soft weight of a s He was reacting like a green youth and he didn’t like the feeling

‘My dear Alex, why the dra, stood up and regarded the scene in the doorith cool detachment Possibly if he had erupted into the rooht have revealed some emotion, but Alex rather doubted it ‘Have you taken to abducting nuns?’

‘Nuns? Surely not?’ Over by the fireplace Grant Rivers swung his boots down froh his hair Characteristically he looked responsible and concerned

‘What do you bet?’ Gabriel Stone dropped a handful of dice with a clatter and lounged to his feet ‘Although it hardly seeh-fliers, now’

Alex narrowed his eyes, daring hirinned and slumped back into his chair

‘I slipped on the ice and knocked Sister Teresa to the ground, injuring her ankle in the process’ Alex pushed away from the door and carried his burden over to the settle by the fire ‘I thought you should check it for her, Grant’

‘There you are, Sister Teresa, you’re in safe hands now and tea is on the way’ The infuriating creature deposited Tess on the settee opposite the handsome brown-haired man and sketched a bow ‘This is Granthaht the grin Lord Weybourn sent the doctor and the doctor’s eye roll in return as his friend turned on his heel and sauntered over to the other two men

‘I am not—’

‘A nun I know’ The doctor sat down He was polite, but didn’t seem too happy ‘Unlike Alex, I know that nuns imples and do not trot around the streets alone’

‘Do none of you allooone beyond o had knocked all her certainties into utter chaos She’d forced herself into the same state of stoical, unhappy acceptance that had kept her sane, soo when Ma hurled off her feet had sent her into an unfamiliar mood of irritation