The Knight's Fugitive Lady

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Meriel Fuller. The Knight's Fugitive Lady

‘For God’s sake, lean against me,’ he growled in her ear. ‘I’m going to drop you at this rate.’

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MILLS & BOON

MILLS & BOON

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She gritted her teeth, refusing to give in, to relax against him, every nerve-ending in her body fighting him, refusing to acknowledge the tantalising closeness of his touch. The muscles along her spine strained with the effort. She sighed with relief as he threw her up onto his horse, then tensed once more as he jumped up behind her.

‘Fighting me will merely slow us down,’ Lussac pointed out slowly. ‘Do you really want those … whoever they are … to catch up with you?’

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The soldier scowled, pulling a short knife from a leather scabbard attached to his belt. The steel blade glinted, the light bouncing off the shiny metal. He held the blade to Waleran’s throat.

‘What do I need to do to convince you?’ he shouted over to her.

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