Lords of Honor (51 page)

“
I know a little of what happened between Lyon and Sophia
.
I know how they came to be together
.
I know that she worrie
s
he does not truly want her as a wife, for she
told us
he does
not touch
her
.
And now this,”
Libby sighed
,
“Poor Sophia
.
Rowena and I tried to help her
.
We told her some things.”

Micah grinned
.
Jack, Harry and Lyon
briefed
him o
n
the ladies’ conversation earlier in the day
.
He understood then
.
That’s what it
was
all
about
, t
o help Sophia
.
“Oh, you gave her some advice, did you
?
What did you tell her, Libby?
”

“I told her she should be naked in the bed
.
For every
time you see me naked you get hard
.
You even told me so
yourself
in Salisbury.”

Micah tried not to smile.

“That is true
.”
His hand slid down her back, grazed her bottom,
and
moved back up to rest
up
on her breast.

“Rowena told her to touch his…well to grab his
c
ock.”

Micah couldn’t help it
, h
e laughed
.
“All good advice, sweetheart,
”
he nodded with a grin lighting his face
.
He felt Libby’s hand move down his chest, to his hip and
lower still
.
Her fingers began
to lightly caress
his cock
.
Of course, he
began to
harden instantly as her
hand
closed about him
and
m
oved up and down
the length of
him
.
“Very sound advice, actually
,
”
his voice was thick with huskiness
.

He eased onto his back
after
she pushed at his chest with her free hand
.
He
savor
ed
his Libby’s ministrations
.
When she released him, and climbed atop
to ride him
,
the
exquisite pleasure she gave him
nearly drove him out of his mind
.
He arched up
ward
, pushing himself deeper into her each time
.
They exploded together, fused in
blinding
ecstasy
as they peaked
.
They
flew
together
, soared,
then
f
loated gently back
to rest
in a tangle of limbs, heaving
chests
,
and loving whispers
.
They were
both left boneless and sated
from their
bliss
ful union
.

What
Micah
wouldn’t do for this
;
for
a
life
time
with Libby.

..

“Harry, your mother and brother, George, are at Eveleigh Park with Caroline
.
You must
cease
worrying about Tristan Chynoweth being there
.
He and his men are guarding your family
.
Your mother and George will make certain things don’t go too far between Tristan and Caroline.
”

“Rowena, my love, you know I worry about Caroline
.
She is young yet, and Tristan is
no innocent
.
Quite far from it, as I’ve told you before.
”

“Harry, if Caroline falls in love with Tristan, and he her, what can you do about it?”

Harry grimaced
.
“We must change the subject
.
I can’t think about them falling in love, Rowena.”

“
Very well, Harry
.
I will change the subject
.
Poor Sophia!” Rowena shook her head
.
“No wonder she could not come down
to
dinner
.
She must be devastated
.
She so wanted to make things right between
Lyon and herself
, and now this.”

“Rowena, you shouldn’t concern yourself with the business of others, I’ve told you
many times
,” Harry whispered into her ear as his finger
s
traveled slowly down the naked front of her.

“It was Sophia who came to
Libby and
me
for help
.
She is all alone, Harry
!
How can you be so cold?”

“I’m not exactly cold at the moment, my love
.
I’m r
ather warm, actually
.”
He
looked downward to
where Rowena’s hand caressed his cock
.
He
emphasized
the word purposely, “And
hard
.”

Rowena rolled her eyes
and clucked her tongue
.
“How rude of
Lord Elveston
to listen to our private conversat
ion and pretend he was asleep. I knew he would tell you what we talked about
.
We were only trying to give Sophia some advice to help her.”

The corners of Harry’s mouth turned up
.
He could not laugh at his wife
.
It would anger her
.
And though she was quite lovely when angry, h
e preferred her panting
with
passion beneath him
.
And beneath him
is where she would find herself
within minutes
if her hand continued to
pleasure
him
the way she was
at present
.
Of course she
knew
that
.
All too well
!

“I will
ease
your worry
, love
.
Lyon
feared
mak
ing
advances to his
wife after their ordeal
.
I
n the beginning
, if you recall, my love,
as
Newt
told
us, she did not want to be anywhere near Lyon
.
Lyon
does care for
Sophia
.
He intends to make amends in that situation
.
So, you’ve nothing to worry about, Rowena
.
They will find their way,
o
n their own
!
” He arched
a meaningful
brow at her.

“Good, Harry
.
I am glad to hear it
.
Now, I should like to ease your worries
.
For you have many I fear, with all of this Brown Coat business coming to us again
.”
Rowena bent
down
.
She t
ook him in her mouth
and s
miled as a groan of
pure
pleasure escaped
her husband’s lips
.
H
is fingers threaded through
his Angel’s
golden curls
while he arched beneath her
.
She brought him to the edge
.

Then Harry took her over it.

..

Downstairs in
the library, Jack Drayton, the Earl of
Elv
eston
,
and Lachlan Douglas, the Earl of
Gryfe
,
grinned at one another while they kept watch
.
The house was
quiet
save for the
muffled
sounds coming from the bedchambers of their newly wedded colleagues
above stairs
.

“All three of them at once
.”
Jack shook his head
.
He flashed Lachlan a wide grin.

“Fortunate
men
they are
,
all
three of them
.
Not all marriages are like theirs
.
I mu
st marry, and sooner than later
.
My father wishes to see the Douglases have proper heirs,
” Lachlan said
with a grimace
.
“I have just
this night
changed my strategy for finding a wife
.
I want a beautiful Lady who enjoys the marriage bed, like Harry, Micah and now Lyon have found
.
I
will search
for a passionate wife starting now
.
And lovely
, of course, l
ike their ladies
.
What
do I
truly care
of
good breeding
and dowry
?
My father thinks it matters not what the wife looks like so long as she is wealthy and blue-blooded
.
I disagree
.
For if I marry
one
of the chits he suggest
s
, I would have to find a dozen mistresses
to compensate
.
No,
”
Lachlan shook his head, “’tis a passionate and lovely wife I’ll be finding.”

Lachlan and Jack laughed out loud when it seemed that all three of the trysts upstairs culminated at once in a series of grunts, groans, moans and soft feminine exclamations.

“They’ll sleep for awhile
.
Let’s make the rounds while it’s quiet
enough to hear
, Lachlan.” Jack suggested
with a chuckle
.

Lachlan nodded, still grinning
.
“Good idea
, Jack
.”

..

It was
one
when Micah sli
d
from
Libby’s embrace and his bed
.
He
dressed silently in all black clothing and stepped into the hall
.
Owen,
Jack
, Newt and Charlie awaited him
.
All were dressed in dark clothing
.
Armed with an abundance of knives and pistols they quietly
crept
down the stairs and toward the kitchens.

Wyldhurst followed them
.
He would remain at the Kitchen entrance to see them back in after the
ir
hunt
.

Micah and his party were hunting Brown Coats
.
They knew their enemies
came
back on
Horethorne Hall’s
grounds with the
nightfall
.
They were certain
Brown Coats waited
in the
darkness
,
no doubt
to
w
age another attack
upon the household
later
.

A
fter exiting the kitchen they stayed close to
the various outbuildings
and themselves kept to the deep shadows
.
There was a new moon this night
.
The grounds were
dark
and
gloomy
.