Chapter 189

• Almeric SWORE, forcing himself up immediately, his hands at either side of her head as he tried not to crush all the air out of her lungs.
• ‘Meu Deus! Perdao! I’m sorry.’ He pushed himself back, straddling her body, his knees hard against the bones of her hips. ‘Que idiota! What an idiot!’
• ‘It doesn’t matter.’ Elizabeth spoke a little breathlessly, but a smile was tugging at the corners of her lips. ‘Honestly, Almeric, it was an accident, that’s all. I shouldn’t have interfered.’