When I opened my eyes, Briana was standing next to me, fully clothed and Osgar was nowhere to be seen. My hands, moth and feet were untied and I stood up, realizing my embarrassment. Briana smiled as she set her eyes on me and she threw me a shawl to wrap myself in.
“You are a good child, dear Amelia. I can teach you so much more. Just don’t forget about our deal.”
As I wrapped up the shawl around me, I looked at her and nodded.
“Scott should be back any minute now. So, you better hurry to your chamber. Bathe, eat and get some rest for you will need it once he sets foot here. He is very demanding.” – She smiled as she left the room.
Chapter 7
As I finally finished bathing, I heard the announcements from outside: Scott was back. I knew I had a lot to plan and tell him and I also knew I wasn’t clever enough to plan as Briana was. I needed all the support I could get and unfortunately, I had none. I had just bathed and was about to get dressed when I heard footsteps outside my door. My heart was racing, my palms were sweating and I was running out of breath: in between everything I had learned today, I was afraid to see him, I was scared of my own actions in front of him.
Scott opened the door and walked inside, his deep eyes focused on me. He was smiling while looking at me and I couldn’t help myself any longer: I ran towards him, falling completely into his hands.
“Oh my darling, how I have missed you.” – I whispered, feeling the tension building inside me. Briana’s plan was already deeply rooted inside me and even though I wanted to resist it, I had to admit to myself that really was what I wanted. I only wanted to be his, now and forever. My soul was torn between her words and between the simple girl I once used to be. That same moment, I knew I had to fight for what I wanted or lose the man I was in love with.
Scott wrapped his hands around me, smelling my hair: “I came to see you right away.”
As I felt his hands glide through my spine, I knew I would do everything to keep him. Let the games begin.
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Mistress to Wife
(Book 2)
Peasant Diaries
© 2016
By Lucy Lixx
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Recap Of Book 1
Briana was a beautiful woman whom I felt I couldn’t compare to and yet she had made it clear that she no longer wanted to be wife to the man that I was slowly realizing I was in love with. My Laird, Scott McKenzie had stolen my heart the moment I had laid eyes on him. I didn’t know how I had come from peasant to mistress in such a short amount of time, and looking at it in retrospect had my head spinning. Now I was faced with the daunting task of scheming to becoming the wife of the man I loved, yet making sure the woman I was in competition with wasn’t hanged for her adultery. I had never expected to have her, my nemesis, as my ally, but somehow the tenderness within me could not bear the thought of losing her despite her betrayal.
I was in a position I felt I had no experience for, and though I loathed her very existence, she was the biggest asset I had to help me keep Scott in my bed, and thoughts of me in his heart. Luckily as Laird, Scott had the ability to grant me my wish, her redemption. I just had to keep his attention long enough to make sure that the love in my heart I held for him was returned in more ways than the mere lust I saw in those deep, dark eyes. Scott McKenzie would be mine. I would not be the bed warmer that my father feared I would become. Not for long, anyways. I would sate my desires and honor my father’s pride. I refuse to be a mistress forever.
Mistress To Wife (Book 2)
Chapter One
“The Laird is back!” It echoed through the castle, making heart skip a beat, a brisk smile splaying across my face. I Scott he had been away, and his return filled me with nothing but delight. How my heart had ever so quickly grown to love a man whom by law owned me, and to which I truly had no rights. Yet, I would have given up all earthly possessions, if I had them, to be with him man time and time again, if I’d been tasked to make such a fitful choice. I longed to see him, to smell him, taste him. The anticipation of knowing that with his return, I’d soon feel the warmth and strength of his arms wrapped about me, quickened my heartbeat, hitching my breath, as an all too familiar heat rose from deep within me.
But, he had not come to me last night as I thought he would. Instead of going to bed afterwards, it was only a little while before he had taken up with Briana. It had made my heart split in two, and yet it only fortified my resolve to keep his interest. Briana’s words were ringing in my ears as I heard her cry out in what I knew was pain and pleasure now.
With the next day upon us, I smiled to myself as I looked around. Everyone had treated me differently since he had declared me as his official Mistress. It had not been met with the same distrust and worry that I thought it would. Instead, it seemed as if it was an honored title. I was the Mistress of Scott Manor, and that meant something to everyone here. The only woman that was above me was Lady Briana, but I knew that she had no intention of staying above me for long.