Incongruous that he laughed. And then realized that there
Hummingbird.
His weight pinning me to the bed.
Hire a boat and try to catch her up. So long as I board her before we reach Le Havre, it should be all right
He told me that a man must be responsible for any seed he sows, for it’s his duty to take care of a woman and protect her. And if I wasna prepared to do that, then I’d no right to burden a woman with...
Ground like
Friend’s face that something terrible had happened. The fact that he was seeing Jamie Fraser’s face at all was evidence enough of that, never mind the look of the man.
Fact been no more than a small skirmish between the MacKenzies and a detachment of English troops on their way to join the main body of the army. Said army was even now assembling
Crepuscle, the mysterious half-light that comes at both ends of the day, when the small secret things come out to feed. There
Conscience as her lover. Her husband.
By the assault. Shading his eyes against the dazzle from the window, he peered down into the shadows. Oh, hallo there, wee dog, he said politely, and took a step forward, knuckles stretched out. Bouto...
Bees that hae honey in their mouths hae stings in their tails,
Astutely observes that a Man’s sense of
Ashes of the dead slaves fleeing on the wind, back toward Africa.
As strong as lust, was the desire simply to be taken, to have him master me, quell my doubts in a moment of rough usage, take me hard and swiftly enough to make me forget myself.
Arms, ankles turning as I stepped in holes and stumbled on rocks. I had no room in my mind for any form of rational thought; I wanted only to get away from him. A heavy weight struck me hard in the
And if she wasn’t precisely pretty, she had a force of character that is often more attractive than simple beauty.
Again, yet from that minute that that occasion
A well-expressed opinion is usually better than a badly expressed fact,
A bit self-conscious. I used to wear mine long as well. It’s short now because the monks had to shave the back of my head and it’s had but a few months to grow again. He bent forward at the waist, inv...