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ded the garhly around her shoulders before juround

Mud oozed around her ankles, and she thanked the Lord she’d worn her sturdy boots

“Give me your hand You’ll have to sit in front of loved hand around her forearm and hoisted her up to sit sideways “Lean into me Put one arm about my waist” He turned his attention to Dawes “We’ll send soe”

“Yes, my lord”

“You should wait inside the carriage, Dawes,” she said feeling a pang of guilt for leaving the poor man behind in such treacherous conditions

Dawes straightened the collar of his greatcoat and shrank down into its depths “I’ll stay with the horses, my lady, but I thank you all the same”

A loud clap of thunder roared through the heavens

“We ed his horse forward and soon they were cantering along the road

The hipped about theth she could muster As the rain hit her face with the force of hail stones, she pressed her cheek to Tristan’s chest It didn’t matter that his coat was sodden So

They came to the crossroads where the stone rassy mound “It’s left here, and just a minute or so more”

Another booh the sky

Water dripped from his hat onto her cheek The droplets trickled down her neck, but still she huddled into him as they continued their journey

“We’re here,” Tristan eventually said, his weary sigh breezing over her face as she looked up into his brilliant blue eyes “Thankfully, the gates are open My legs feel so numb I doubt I’ll be able to climb down”

She had no desire to move “You’ll need a hot bath to ease your stiffthey had another hundred miles to travel

They rode up the long curved drive, designed specifically to give the i land appeared far more extensive than it was in reality