It’s #bookqw and Annmar ‘needs’ help evading the coercive Mr. Shearing.
More from Chapter 1:
Mr. Shearing spread the illustration over a side table and bent to study the fine pencil lines. Properly apart from him, Annmar waited, stock-still, yet her weight was balanced on her toes in case she had to take a step back. She forced her gaze to the drawing, but movement caught her eye, as it always did.
Businesslike, she reminded herself, but nonetheless, vines rippled down from the waves of Mr. Shearing’s nearly black hair. Leaves burst forth, and the tendrils spun like miniature gears—
No, that isn’t right. Mr. Shearing did not sport twining plants, any more than vegetation sprouted gears. Annmar dashed her hand across her eyes to dispel the image.
Polly nudged her.
Annmar jerked her gaze to her friend.
Giving a nod to Mr. Shearing’s back, Polly tapped her temples and frowned. Clearly she was indicating his, which yes, were graying. Otherwise, Polly saw nothing amiss with the man’s hair.
No one ever saw what Annmar did on Mr. Shearing or, more commonly, in the wild places along the River Derwent. Her fanciful imagination seemed destined to get her in trouble.
Eyes rising slightly, Polly mouthed, Old, and shook her head.
Oh, heavens. The man had seen his fourth decade, after all. She never should have confided in Polly…but no, she needed someone to help her out of this fix.
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