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Bride's Necklace trilogy #3
MIRA
January 2006
Featuring: Rafael, Duke of the Sheffield; Danielle Duval
416 pages
ISBN: 0778322076
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The brandy arrived and Rafe sipped it slowly, searching
for a friendly face, seeing his mother and Aunt Cornelia
in conversation with a group of other women, glancing past
them to the round, powdered face of Flora Duval
Chamberlain. His gaze lit on the woman to her left, a
woman with flame-red hair and the face of a goddess.
Rafe's stomach contracted as if he had suffered a powerful
blow.
He told himself he hadn't come because of her, that it was
his duty to attend, but seeing her now, he recognized the
lie for what it was. For an instant, Danielle's eyes met
his and widened in shock. Rafe felt a shot of
satisfaction as the color drained from her lovely,
treacherous face.
He didn't glance away, certain that she would.
Instead her chin shot up and she gave him a look meant to
burn right through him. His jaw clenched. Long seconds
passed and neither of them looked away. Then Danielle
rose slowly from her chair, flicked him a last seething
glance, and walked off toward the rear of the garden.
Fury engulfed him. Where was the humility he had
expected? Where was the embarrassment he had been certain
he would see in her face?
Instead, she walked the gravel path with her head held
high, ignoring him as if he weren't there, making her way
past a group of children played at the back of the garden.
***
Inwardly shaking, Dani fixed her gaze on the children
playing tag at the rear of the garden, determined not to
let her unnerving encounter with Rafael Saunders show in
any way. She had taught herself that after The Scandal,
learned to take rigid control of her emotions. Never let
any of them know the power they held, how badly they could
hurt you.
Managing a smile, she waved at the children and made her
way deeper into the garden. She didn't hear the footfalls
approaching behind her until it was too late. She knew
who it was before she turned. Still, she couldn't help
the gasp of surprise as she stared into Rafe's handsome
face.
"Good afternoon, Danielle."
Her heartbeat thundered. Anger made rosy circles appear
in her cheeks. She turned away, rudely ignored him,
caught the look of shock that appeared on his face, and
simply started walking.
But the Duke of Sheffield wasn't used to being ignored,
and she felt the pressure of his fingers as they wrapped
around her arm. His grip was firm enough to stop her
forward motion and spin her around to face him.
"I said good afternoon. I expect at least a civil reply."
She clamped down on her temper, told herself not to let
him bait her. "Excuse me. I believe my aunt is calling."
But he didn't let go of her arm. "I think your aunt is
otherwise engaged at the moment. Which means you have
time to greet an old friend."
Her fine thread of control stretched to the breaking point
and then completely snapped. "You are no friend of mine,
Rafe Saunders. You are, in fact, the last man on earth I
would think to call a friend."
Rafe's jaw hardened. "Is that so? If not a friend, then
how, may I ask, should I think of you?"
She lifted her chin, the knot of anger in her stomach
almost painful. "You may think of me as the biggest fool
you have ever met. A woman foolish enough to trust a man
like you. Stupid enough to fall in love with you,
Rafael."
She started walking but Rafe's tall figure stepped into
the path of her escape. His jaw was set, his intense blue
eyes diamond hard.
"I believe it was you, my dear, I found with one of my
closest friends. You who invited Oliver Randall into your
bed, under my very nose."
"And it was you who was eager to believe your friend's
lies instead of the truth!"
"You betrayed me, Danielle. Or perhaps you have forgot."
Dani looked up at him, her eyes snapping with fire. "No,
Rafael. It was you who betrayed me. If you had loved me,
as you said, you would have trusted me, you would have
known I was telling you the truth." She gave him a thin,
bitter smile. "On second thought, as I think of it,
certainly it is you who are the fool."
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