Untamed_Heart
Passions Flame
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On a small rise that overlooked the plantation She lived on, Desarie reined in her prancing bay with a laugh. She looked over her shoulder at ther friend and laughed harder at the aggrieved look on the other girls face. she giggled as the other finally caught up to her and said, "Monique, you look as though you have eaten a sour pickle!"
The other girl sniffed and said, "Well, a lady wouldn't decide to ride astride just to win a race! What would your guardian say if he saw the shameless way you are acting?!"
Desarie tossed her head in a motion that caused her almost waist length blond hair to flip around her face, her sparkling blue eyes snapping with vexation as she responded, "Oh, he probably wouldn't like it, but afterall, I am eighteen now, all he has to be concerned with now is finding me a husband, then he's shut of me and will probably be glad for it! Goodness knows he says I am a willful brat enough, he has to be ready to pawn me off to the first well set up man available!"
Monique eyed her friend, taking in the slender shape, the full breasts that threatened to spill from the low collar of her dress and thought that her guardian wouldnt have to 'pawn' Desarie off on anyone, if the man ever let her out to any ox the box socials, she would be the belle of the ball, but instead the man kept her at home, as if he feared loosing her on the population. With a cheeky grin, knowing how to put the needles to her friend, Monique teased, "But your guardian is so Cute! Perhaps you are hoping he wants you to himself!" It had the desired effect, Desarie squaled with indignation and as Monique brushed past her, nudged her horse into a run, chasing after her friend.
They finally reined to a stop in front of the stables, both girls laughing as they turned the horses over to the stableboy, making their way into the big house for tea.
Later, after Monique had gone, Desarie stood at her window, staring out into the deepening twillight as she thought of the way she had come to spend the last three years of her life in this place. Her parents had both been killed when she was sixteen, a runaway carriage had caught them both as they crossed the street from the theater one night and she had been sent, young and in distress to live with her guardian, a crusty old man whom she had tried to keep her distance from, as she was never sure if he would bite her head off!
As the three years had passed however, she had come to know him, learned that beneath his tacturn exterior, beat a heart of gold, and these days she didn't fear him anymore, instead they had found a sort of camadrie that allowed her to talk with him about almost anything. She turned from the window as a respectful tap came at the door, smiling as her maid poked her head through. "The Master wishes to see you Miss."
Desarie sighed. Someone had snitched on her about the fact she had ridden astride today, she just knew it. Preparing for a lecture about decorum, She knocked on her guardians study door, knowing she would find him within at this hour.
On a small rise that overlooked the plantation She lived on, Desarie reined in her prancing bay with a laugh. She looked over her shoulder at ther friend and laughed harder at the aggrieved look on the other girls face. she giggled as the other finally caught up to her and said, "Monique, you look as though you have eaten a sour pickle!"
The other girl sniffed and said, "Well, a lady wouldn't decide to ride astride just to win a race! What would your guardian say if he saw the shameless way you are acting?!"
Desarie tossed her head in a motion that caused her almost waist length blond hair to flip around her face, her sparkling blue eyes snapping with vexation as she responded, "Oh, he probably wouldn't like it, but afterall, I am eighteen now, all he has to be concerned with now is finding me a husband, then he's shut of me and will probably be glad for it! Goodness knows he says I am a willful brat enough, he has to be ready to pawn me off to the first well set up man available!"
Monique eyed her friend, taking in the slender shape, the full breasts that threatened to spill from the low collar of her dress and thought that her guardian wouldnt have to 'pawn' Desarie off on anyone, if the man ever let her out to any ox the box socials, she would be the belle of the ball, but instead the man kept her at home, as if he feared loosing her on the population. With a cheeky grin, knowing how to put the needles to her friend, Monique teased, "But your guardian is so Cute! Perhaps you are hoping he wants you to himself!" It had the desired effect, Desarie squaled with indignation and as Monique brushed past her, nudged her horse into a run, chasing after her friend.
They finally reined to a stop in front of the stables, both girls laughing as they turned the horses over to the stableboy, making their way into the big house for tea.
Later, after Monique had gone, Desarie stood at her window, staring out into the deepening twillight as she thought of the way she had come to spend the last three years of her life in this place. Her parents had both been killed when she was sixteen, a runaway carriage had caught them both as they crossed the street from the theater one night and she had been sent, young and in distress to live with her guardian, a crusty old man whom she had tried to keep her distance from, as she was never sure if he would bite her head off!
As the three years had passed however, she had come to know him, learned that beneath his tacturn exterior, beat a heart of gold, and these days she didn't fear him anymore, instead they had found a sort of camadrie that allowed her to talk with him about almost anything. She turned from the window as a respectful tap came at the door, smiling as her maid poked her head through. "The Master wishes to see you Miss."
Desarie sighed. Someone had snitched on her about the fact she had ridden astride today, she just knew it. Preparing for a lecture about decorum, She knocked on her guardians study door, knowing she would find him within at this hour.