“I suggest you ask your valet to arrange a bath, as it may improve your mood. “It is well past time for you to curb your impetuous nature. He stalked toward her until the toes of his riding boots entered her vision. She reminded herself that minutes earlier, she’d been overwhelmed by admiration for the man, and that his protectiveness toward his sister was one of the reasons. She tried to remember that he’d had little sleep and nothing decent to eat in the last two days. Swallowing, she dropped her gaze and tried to absorb the sharp, burning ache. “When will you realize you cannot swing wildly about, catering to every passing whim, without cutting those around you to ribbons?” He released a breath and rubbed at the back of his neck. Cruelty was your mother’s favorite sport, Holstoke. “I’ll not allow anyone to do her further harm.” “You haven’t the faintest notion what she has endured-” “These are cut from that spot beneath the giant oak, are they not?” Genie slid her hand from his arm and wandered away to sniff the beauteous orange lilies decorating a marble table. “What in blazes is going on between you and my sister?” “Walters, arrange luncheon, as Lady Holstoke requested.” Holstoke’s voice was low and calm-until the butler left.
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