The Duchess (MacBride Sisters Trilogy Book 2)

blinked and I saw that there was fear in her eyes.
- Don't touch me or I'll kill you! - I screamed when Ector, Bruce and Alistair made mention of approaching. - That bastard needs to learn a lesson!
- Annabel, what are you doing? - Aideen asked in a shocked voice, but I ignored her.
Queen or not, she was my sister and knew me well enough to know that I did not tolerate defiance.
- Think twice before you offend me! - said by slapping Adelaide in the face, who, for fear of the knife, didn't fight back and just grunted. - I may even be a whore, but I'll never be a spoiled, selfish one like you.
She yelled at the other slap I gave her.
- Stop Annabel! - shouted Bruce grabbing my hand and took the knife. - Let her go, now!
I waved when I felt that I was being lifted up into the air and pulled off the table. Bruce grabbed my hand that held the knife and went away with me in his arms.
- Let go of me, asshole! - I screamed.
- Jesus! That girl is a danger! - said Ector evaluating Adelaide's neck.
- I'm gonna kill her! - I screamed before Bruce disappeared with me through the hall portal. - Bitch!
Aideen was staring at me scared. I've never had a break like that before, so she must have been shocked. I turned my hand back and tightened Bruce's waist, which grunted at me. So I turned around and punched him.
- I said don't touch me! - I fired. - You fucking idiot! It wasn't enough that you humiliated me between four walls, you had to do it in public too.
- I don't know what you're talking about! - Bruce said making a face of pain. - I didn't want to, and I didn't even try to humiliate her.
- How did that bitch know what happened?
- I don't know, Annabel! - he fired. - Maybe she heard my conversation with Alistair.
- Did you tell Alistair? - I fired indignantly.
- I did, but not for the reason you can imagine. - Bruce took a break. - Listen, I know that I made a mistake and that Adelaide should not have said that, but what he did was totally unnecessary, Annabel. Adelaide is the daughter of a lord and deserves respect. You shouldn't have done that.
- She deserves respect and I don't? - I asked with a voice embargoed. - Her humiliating me was unnecessary! I've never hurt her, and neither has anyone else. I can't allow someone like Adelaide, who probably should have been spoiled for a long time, to diminish me like this.
I closed my eyes by leaning against the wall of the corridor we were in. I decided to accept my fate and turn away from Bruce for good, because what I felt for him only made me feel bad and very unhappy.
- You know, I'm tired of our arguments! They're childish and, at the same time, ridiculous! - I took a break. - I think it's more than clear that we can't stay under the same roof anymore. I had been convinced that I could wait for him to leave after the wedding, but I just realized that it wouldn't work.
- What do you mean by that? - he asked.
- I'll talk to Aideen and ask for an escort to Gretna Green tomorrow morning. - said turning his back to go down the hall.
Bruce growled.
- Over my dead body!
I couldn't think when Bruce threw me against the wall and pressed me with his body. Before I could think, he kissed me in anger. His hands held on my waist and he lifted me up. Everything was happening too fast and by the time I realized it, I was already returning the kiss. I wailed when he nibbled on my neck and grabbed his shoulders, sticking my nail into his skin. Bruce lifted the skirt off my dress and penetrated me hard. I had no idea when he had opened his pants, but I didn't care, because my mind was clouded by the ecstasy that took over my body. Covering my mouth with one of his hands, he started stacking me hard. I clung to it, moving my hips in the same rhythm and in a desperate way. We looked like two animals and I wanted more and more.
- More! - I whispered biting his shoulder.
Bruce growled and started to move even faster. With one hand, he touched my clitoris, rubbing frantically. I muffled a scream, biting your shoulder again. A heat wave took over my insides and exploded inside me. Bruce came to a climax right after that. We held each other for a long time, until our breaths returned to normal. He put me on my feet, and then he pulled himself together. Bruce closed his eyes, punching the wall behind me.
- I won't let you go anywhere! - he said between his teeth. - You're mine!
That said, he turned his back and walked out of the hallway, going in another direction. I leaned my head against the wall, certain that I would never get rid of what I felt for him. That act made it clear that I should leave as soon as possible. I didn't want to be Bruce's lover. I loved him too much to bear to have to share him with another woman. Tears took hold of me and I slipped to the ground. I stayed there for a while, until I could get up again. Drying my tears, I walked down the hallway until I reached the security of my room. That night