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scrambled to her knees as he droppeddown on the bed beside her. “I think the time has come to teach you some manners, little girl. Mayhap you won’t act so haughty after I deflower you.” His hand ran down the front of her dress, and Alexandria cringed inside. “No, I don’t think you will be so high and mighty once I have made you a woman.”
Alexandria tried to scramble off the bed, but he caught her skirt and jerked her backwards. She landed beside Rodney, and he pinned her arms over her head.
“Damn these petticoats,” he muttered, trying to loosen her gown, while Alexandria struggled with all her might.
“Don’t touch me!” she cried, trying to struggle free.
His grip only tightened on her wrists. “I will do more than touch you, you little wildcat. You have had me panting after you for the last two years, and you know it, don’t you, Alexandria?”
“I detest you!” she cried, feeling as helpless as a newborn baby. “You think you are above the law, but I still have friends in this county. They will see you thrashed if you touch me.”
His loud, boisterous laughter startled her. “You have no friends left. Your father alienated all your neighbors when he married my mother. They didn’t take too well to his marrying beneath him, did they?” he said, grabbing the front of her gown and ripping it open.
Alexandria gasped and tried to wiggle free so she could cover her nakedness. She felt a shudder wrack her body as he reached out and caressed her exposed breasts, and her face flushed red with shame.
“Damn, you are lovely,” he said, looking into her eyes. “I have waited a long time to have you.”
“I’ll scream!” she threatened.
“Go ahead,” he taunted. “Who would come to your aid? The servants are all loyal to me and my mother.”
Just then the door was pushed open, and Barbara stood there with an angry frown on her face. “Get out of this room, Rodney. Do you want the servants to spread tales about how you raped a helpless girl? The high and mightyneighbors would love that little tidbit of gossip, wouldn’t they?”
Rodney had the good grace to look shamefaced—but only because he had been caught. “I was merely trying to teach her a lesson, Mother.”
Barbara looked at her stepdaughter and felt jealousy at her innocent beauty. The years of her own beauty were fast fading, and she envied Alexandria for her unspoiled loveliness. The chit didn’t even know that she was beautiful, she thought in disgust.
“I think we will take a little trip to Philadelphia. There we will meet with no opposition to our plan. The two of you will be married very soon now.”
Rodney stood up and adjusted his rumpled clothing and smiled down at Alexandria. “How will you like being married to someone beneath your station, as your father was, my dear? I don’t think you will fight against the marriage once we reach Philadelphia. Perhaps by the time we return to Meadowlake, you will be as docile as a newborn lamb.”
Alexandria was too shocked to reply. She knew there would be nothing she could do to keep Barbara and Rodney from taking her to Philadelphia.
Her stepmother read the hopelessness in her amber eyes and smiled maliciously. “I think, Alexandria, I will have Tilly stay with you while we pack. Tonight I will sleep in your room to make sure you don’t take it into your head to leave us suddenly. First thing bright and early tomorrow morning, we will be on our way to Philadelphia.”
Alexandria pulled the coverlet over her and laid her head back against the pillow. She could feel herself being drawn more and more tightly into a situation she had no control over. When Barbara and Rodney left, closing the door behind them, Alexandria buried her face in the pillow and cried out her misery. Somehow she had to find a way to escape Barbara and Rodney before they reached Philadelphia, or she wouldn’t ever be free. Tears of hopelessness washed down her face, and she wondered to whom she
Alexandria tried to scramble off the bed, but he caught her skirt and jerked her backwards. She landed beside Rodney, and he pinned her arms over her head.
“Damn these petticoats,” he muttered, trying to loosen her gown, while Alexandria struggled with all her might.
“Don’t touch me!” she cried, trying to struggle free.
His grip only tightened on her wrists. “I will do more than touch you, you little wildcat. You have had me panting after you for the last two years, and you know it, don’t you, Alexandria?”
“I detest you!” she cried, feeling as helpless as a newborn baby. “You think you are above the law, but I still have friends in this county. They will see you thrashed if you touch me.”
His loud, boisterous laughter startled her. “You have no friends left. Your father alienated all your neighbors when he married my mother. They didn’t take too well to his marrying beneath him, did they?” he said, grabbing the front of her gown and ripping it open.
Alexandria gasped and tried to wiggle free so she could cover her nakedness. She felt a shudder wrack her body as he reached out and caressed her exposed breasts, and her face flushed red with shame.
“Damn, you are lovely,” he said, looking into her eyes. “I have waited a long time to have you.”
“I’ll scream!” she threatened.
“Go ahead,” he taunted. “Who would come to your aid? The servants are all loyal to me and my mother.”
Just then the door was pushed open, and Barbara stood there with an angry frown on her face. “Get out of this room, Rodney. Do you want the servants to spread tales about how you raped a helpless girl? The high and mightyneighbors would love that little tidbit of gossip, wouldn’t they?”
Rodney had the good grace to look shamefaced—but only because he had been caught. “I was merely trying to teach her a lesson, Mother.”
Barbara looked at her stepdaughter and felt jealousy at her innocent beauty. The years of her own beauty were fast fading, and she envied Alexandria for her unspoiled loveliness. The chit didn’t even know that she was beautiful, she thought in disgust.
“I think we will take a little trip to Philadelphia. There we will meet with no opposition to our plan. The two of you will be married very soon now.”
Rodney stood up and adjusted his rumpled clothing and smiled down at Alexandria. “How will you like being married to someone beneath your station, as your father was, my dear? I don’t think you will fight against the marriage once we reach Philadelphia. Perhaps by the time we return to Meadowlake, you will be as docile as a newborn lamb.”
Alexandria was too shocked to reply. She knew there would be nothing she could do to keep Barbara and Rodney from taking her to Philadelphia.
Her stepmother read the hopelessness in her amber eyes and smiled maliciously. “I think, Alexandria, I will have Tilly stay with you while we pack. Tonight I will sleep in your room to make sure you don’t take it into your head to leave us suddenly. First thing bright and early tomorrow morning, we will be on our way to Philadelphia.”
Alexandria pulled the coverlet over her and laid her head back against the pillow. She could feel herself being drawn more and more tightly into a situation she had no control over. When Barbara and Rodney left, closing the door behind them, Alexandria buried her face in the pillow and cried out her misery. Somehow she had to find a way to escape Barbara and Rodney before they reached Philadelphia, or she wouldn’t ever be free. Tears of hopelessness washed down her face, and she wondered to whom she
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