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    Blind Beauty
    Blind Beauty
    Blind Beauty
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    Blind Beauty

    By Elyzabeth M. VaLey

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    James Macintosh is hours away from his new home. He's ready to live a secluded life away from all the rumors, insults, and disgusted faces concerning his appearance. However, a meeting with a mysterious woman and her child, mingled with a sudden harsh snowstorm, will set him down a very different path than the one he had originally envisioned.

    Richard Randywine is an accidental fugitive living with a band of rowdy thieves. A good man at heart, he has gotten used to hiding his emotions behind his strapping muscles and brute strength. Yet, when the thieves ambush an unsuspecting rider, Richard is forced to drop his mask and step forward.

    Will both men be able to see what lies before them or will they be blind to the possibility of happiness?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEvernight Publishing
    Release dateFeb 7, 2014
    ISBN9781771307178
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      Blind Beauty - Elyzabeth M. VaLey

      Published by Evernight Publishing at Smashwords

      www.evernightpublishing.com

      Copyright© 2014 Elyzabeth M. VaLey

      ISBN: 978-1-77130-717-8

      Cover Artist: Sour Cherry Designs

      Editor: JC Chute

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews.

      This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      DEDICATION

      To the readers that wondered what happened to Soussanna and her little girl at the end of The Golden Cock, thank you. You were the ones that inspired the creation of The Witches’ Mischief series.

      BLIND BEAUTY

      The Witches’ Mischief, 2

      Elyzabeth M. VaLey

      Copyright © 2014

      Chapter One

      James Macintosh reined in his horse at the top of the hill, nothing around but green trees and the winding dirt road, slowly filling with snow. The bitter wind made his eyes water and he shrunk down into his big coat. His horse––Faith––snorted, clearly expressing her unhappiness.

      James, on the contrary, felt a strange sense of relief course through him. He was alone. Alone, in the middle of nowhere, and he was glad. Raising his hand in silent farewell to everything he left behind, he veered his horse and continued down the path away from everyone. Here, amidst nature, there was no one to mock him for his looks. No one to gaze at him with disgust or feigned interest.

      His lips twitched and he smiled wildly. Kicking his horse’s flanks, he set at a gallop. He would never return.

      If his family wanted to see him, they could go visit him at his new home. Otherwise, communication between them would be explicitly via the post or none at all. James didn’t mind. After five and twenty years, he had had enough. Enough insults, enough whispers behind his back, enough laughter at his expense. He would retire to the countryside and never look back upon the city that had officially named him the ugliest man ever to set foot on Earth.

      James’ heart constricted at the painful memories and he tugged on Faith’s reins, slowing her down. He was perfectly aware that he was nothing like the other men. He was not handsome. He was not manly. He was tall and gangly. His hips were narrow, his build light. His lips were too wide and full, his cheekbones too high and his right cheek marked by a crisscross of scars. There were even those who said his eyes were as dull as his brains. It mattered little to them that he had received top grades at school. James sighed. To make matters worse, he was a clumsy dancer. He liked conversing, but few wanted to engage in conversation with him. He went to assemblies and balls out of habit and respect for his parents, as they wished him to marry soon. Unfortunately, no lady was interested in such a pitiful man. James didn’t really mind––he had other tastes. Luckily, he was not the first-born son of the Macintosh family, so he had no need to secure an heir.

      However, despite liking his secluded, quiet life, James could no longer handle the disgusted faces, the leering grins and the pity in many people’s eyes. Why, even his brothers teased him. No, if he were going to lead a solitary life he would do it somewhere far away from the town that had hated him from birth. With that in mind, James had secured a house in the countryside, near the Belmont forest. There, he would remain at peace, away from everyone’s inquiring and dismayed glances.

      All that was behind him now. James focused on the path before him, squinting through the thick snowflakes that had suddenly begun to fall. He had left the nearest town to his new home about an hour ago, convinced that he could make it before the looming snowstorm struck. He cupped his hands over his mouth and nose and blew his breath on them, warming them up. Concern ate at him. Perhaps, he’d miscalculated the distance. He could have sworn that the town, his new home, was little more than a two-hour ride away. Trying not to make much of it, he patted his horse’s head, encouraging her as she trotted through the thickening white blanket at her feet.

      Just a little more and we’ll be home. The servants are probably waiting for us. You’ll have a double ration of oats and I’ll have warm cabbage soup.

      Faith snorted in reply and quickened her step, clearly looking forward to the promise of a meal. Abruptly, the animal stopped. James glanced about, trying to discern something in the white flurry swirling around them.

      Faith?

      He caressed the animal’s neck. Swiftly jumping off, he looked at her. She didn’t seem in pain, but she was not moving, either. James worried his bottom lip.

      What’s wrong?

      He tried tugging on her reins, but she didn’t budge, instead whinnying as if annoyed. Stooping, he checked her legs. James was almost finished when something barged into him, throwing him off balance. He cried out in surprise and landed on his bottom. The creature landed on top of him, snuggling into his arms.

      "Morgana! Morgana," someone called out.

      The something in his arms squealed and James started. Carefully, inspecting the bundle in his arms,

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