Ladies of Deception 02 - Misleading Lord Martineau by Ginny Hartman
Authors: Ginny Hartman
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concern for his own life thankfully overshadowing his interest in Felicity. Elliot stumbled slightly as he heard Felicity scream. The knife had nicked her neck, causing a small drop of blood to trickle out down her throat.
At the sight of Felicity’s blood Elliot went wild. He put both hands around the man’s fleshy neck and choked him as hard as he could. The man’s arms eventually went limp and Felicity was able to stumble out of his grasp. When Elliot saw that she was out of immediate danger, he twisted around to the front of the man and kneed him in his privates as hard as he could. The man crumbled to the ground groaning in agony.
Elliot squatted down next to the man and hissed, “If you ever touch her again, I’ll kill you.” The man looked at Elliot with fear, nodding his understanding.
Elliot rose and brushed his hands off on the side of his breeches before turning to face Felicity.
Felicity’s emerald eyes widened in surprise. “Elliot?”
He didn’t answer her questioning gaze, instead he reached forward and grabbed her wrist tightly and began dragging her away as fast as he could, attempting to get away from the odious man before he had a chance to recover from the blow Elliot had inflicted and come after them. Felicity had to stumble to keep up with him but he seemed unaware of anything but getting them out of there as fast as possible.
Chapter 11
Felicity’s wrist was aching by the time Elliot finally slowed his pace. He had been dragging her along for what seemed like an eternity. Her cloak had come undone and was trailing behind her, the ties rubbing against her throat causing it to become irritated. She reached up to loosen the strings causing her cloak to fall to the ground before she had chance to catch it.
She reached up to rub some of the pain away from where the ties had been abrading her skin when she brushed her hand against the nick the knife had made on her neck. She gasped at the pain the contact with the injury had caused. The sound of her gasp made Elliot stop. He reached in his pocket and withdrew a handkerchief and began tenderly dabbing at the bleeding cut. He finished cleaning up the blood while neither of them uttered a single word. When he was done he bent his head and kissed the spot gently, as a mother would kiss a child’s wound to make everything all better. The tenderness of the moment took Felicity off guard. Before she had time to react he was pulling her once more down the street, though this time more gently, her cloak all but forgotten.
Elliot didn’t stop until he had reached his waiting carriage. He hefted Felicity inside effortlessly before hoisting himself up and sitting directly beside her. He reached up and tapped on the ceiling indicating his driver to take off.
Felicity turned to him, “Where are we going?”
“ Nowhere until we get some things settled between us once and for all. We can drive around London all day long for all I care, but I’m not letting you out until you’ve listened to me.”
Elliot looked down on her slender form and noticed she was shaking. “Are you cold?” he asked as he removed his jacket and placed it around her shoulders.
Truthfully, she wasn’t cold, she was frightened and anxious and shaking because she could see clearly what her fate would have been had Elliot not shown up when he had. “Why did you follow me?”
“ I didn’t know it was you, all I knew was that I saw a girl who was completely out of place walking towards the lower docks and I knew that was no place for a lady. I thank God that I had the sense to follow you.”
“ Me too, thank you.” She whispered with sincerity.
Elliot turned to her and grabbed both shoulders in his hands, trying to ignore the way his blood heated at any physical contact with her. He had been hoping that sheer will power alone combined with his attempts at blocking her from his mind would erase the effect she had on him, but apparently it wasn’t so.
“What were you
At the sight of Felicity’s blood Elliot went wild. He put both hands around the man’s fleshy neck and choked him as hard as he could. The man’s arms eventually went limp and Felicity was able to stumble out of his grasp. When Elliot saw that she was out of immediate danger, he twisted around to the front of the man and kneed him in his privates as hard as he could. The man crumbled to the ground groaning in agony.
Elliot squatted down next to the man and hissed, “If you ever touch her again, I’ll kill you.” The man looked at Elliot with fear, nodding his understanding.
Elliot rose and brushed his hands off on the side of his breeches before turning to face Felicity.
Felicity’s emerald eyes widened in surprise. “Elliot?”
He didn’t answer her questioning gaze, instead he reached forward and grabbed her wrist tightly and began dragging her away as fast as he could, attempting to get away from the odious man before he had a chance to recover from the blow Elliot had inflicted and come after them. Felicity had to stumble to keep up with him but he seemed unaware of anything but getting them out of there as fast as possible.
Chapter 11
Felicity’s wrist was aching by the time Elliot finally slowed his pace. He had been dragging her along for what seemed like an eternity. Her cloak had come undone and was trailing behind her, the ties rubbing against her throat causing it to become irritated. She reached up to loosen the strings causing her cloak to fall to the ground before she had chance to catch it.
She reached up to rub some of the pain away from where the ties had been abrading her skin when she brushed her hand against the nick the knife had made on her neck. She gasped at the pain the contact with the injury had caused. The sound of her gasp made Elliot stop. He reached in his pocket and withdrew a handkerchief and began tenderly dabbing at the bleeding cut. He finished cleaning up the blood while neither of them uttered a single word. When he was done he bent his head and kissed the spot gently, as a mother would kiss a child’s wound to make everything all better. The tenderness of the moment took Felicity off guard. Before she had time to react he was pulling her once more down the street, though this time more gently, her cloak all but forgotten.
Elliot didn’t stop until he had reached his waiting carriage. He hefted Felicity inside effortlessly before hoisting himself up and sitting directly beside her. He reached up and tapped on the ceiling indicating his driver to take off.
Felicity turned to him, “Where are we going?”
“ Nowhere until we get some things settled between us once and for all. We can drive around London all day long for all I care, but I’m not letting you out until you’ve listened to me.”
Elliot looked down on her slender form and noticed she was shaking. “Are you cold?” he asked as he removed his jacket and placed it around her shoulders.
Truthfully, she wasn’t cold, she was frightened and anxious and shaking because she could see clearly what her fate would have been had Elliot not shown up when he had. “Why did you follow me?”
“ I didn’t know it was you, all I knew was that I saw a girl who was completely out of place walking towards the lower docks and I knew that was no place for a lady. I thank God that I had the sense to follow you.”
“ Me too, thank you.” She whispered with sincerity.
Elliot turned to her and grabbed both shoulders in his hands, trying to ignore the way his blood heated at any physical contact with her. He had been hoping that sheer will power alone combined with his attempts at blocking her from his mind would erase the effect she had on him, but apparently it wasn’t so.
“What were you
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