SWNOVELS Chapter 53
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I hold out a hand towards his nose, palm up, and he gently lips my palm, saying hello, checking to see if I have a snack. Slowly, I raise
my other hand to run over the rich blaze that runs down his face,
stepping close to run a hand over his velvety neck.
“Do you like him?” Kent asks, behind me..
I turn back and glare at him a little. What a stupid question. Then I
turn back to the beautiful horse as I stroke his silky mane.
“I thought you might,” Kent says, laughing. Then he pauses. “I’m rarely wrong in my choice of presents. Never, really.”
I freeze at his words. What-
Did he mean
Slowly, I turn back to him and see him smile at my shock.
“He’s yours, Fay,” Kent says to me. “If you want him.”
I embarrass myself then by bursting into tears.
Kent nods to the groom, who quickly disappears. Then, laughing. at me a little, Kent joins me in the stall. He, too, raises a hand for the horse to inspect before stroking the animal’s nose.
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“Who knew,” Kent says, looking at the horse. “Here I was trying to cheer you up, and all I’ve done is make you cry.” He smiles down
at me. “Guess I’ll have to send him back to where he came from.”
“Don’t you dare,” I growl at him, giving him a little shove away from my horse. Then, I bite my lip.
“Really?” I ask, looking up at Kent. “He’s mine?”
Kent shrugs. “This whole stable is mine, full of horses. What’s the
harm in you having just one?”
“And I can come and see him?” I ask, desperate for it, hungry with
anticipation.
“Under guard,” he says, looking at me seriously. “Yes, you can come every day, if you want.”
A smile spreads over my face and I resist the urge to throw my
arms around him, so thrilled am I. But, I have more questions.
“Why?” I ask, a little breathless now. “Why did you do this for
me?”
Kent leans back against the low wall. “Because I could tell you
were miserable, Fay. You might not believe it, but I don’t take
pleasure singularly in making people unhappy. I want you to be safe, for Daniel’s sake, as his future bride,” he looks at me carefully, “but there’s no reason you should be so sad about this
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I look down at the floor of the stall. Have I been that obvious? I
knew that he noticed, but I wasn’t aware that his perception ran so sc deep.
“Also,” he says, standing up straight again and putting a finger under my chin to lift my face up. “You have been a good girl, Fay. I have noticed. No more illicit trips to the basement, no more obstinate disobedience.” He smirks, then. “Or at least, not much.”
I keep my face expressionless, not really wanting to tell him that I wasn’t being good for his sake. There just hadn’t been a lot of opportunity for rebellion in the last few weeks. Or I might have taken it, for the sake of variety.
“When those in my care are good,” he says carefully, studying my face closely, “they get presents. When they are bad, they get punished.” He lowers his face, bringing it closer to mine.
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