MAIL ORDER MAELSTROM (BRIDES OF BECKHAM #54) BY KIRSTEN OSBOURNE – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Kirsten Osbourne
- Language: English
- Genre: Historical Romance
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Anabelle sat on the edge of the narrow bed she shared with her sisters,
their three forms huddled together. Isabelle’s eyes, usually brimming
with a gentle light, were dulled by the weight of their reality. Rosabelle,
ever the pillar, held her sisters’ hands, her touch a feeble comfort against the
chill that seeped through the thin floorboards.
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Ana’s gaze drifted to the window, the glass blurred with the remnants of
past storms. Her fiery red hair, starkly contrasting to the drab surroundings,
spilled over her shoulders untamed and wild. Each shout from their father
that rose from downstairs punctured the quiet, and with every harsh
syllable, her fists tightened. Knuckles white, she felt the simmering anger
within her fighting for release, an inferno caged by circumstance.
Her jaw set, a silent rebellion against the timbers that groaned beneath
the strain of their father’s wrath. The man’s voice, once a lullaby in her
childhood memories, had become a herald of dread.
Izzy shivered beside her, and Rosie’s grip grew firmer, a lifeline in the
storm. Ana knew they could not weather this tempest much longer. This
small room, swathed in sorrow and the residue of dreams deferred, could no
longer contain the breadth of their yearning—a yearning for dawn after the
darkest of nights.
Ana’s whisper cut through the stifling silence, a strand of audacity
against the backdrop of despair. “We must leave tonight,” she murmured,
her gaze burning into Izzy and Rosie’s solemn faces. “There is nothing but
sorrow for us here.”
Her sisters’ eyes, mirrors of her resolve, nodded mutely. With each word
Ana spoke, a delicate blueprint of their escape unfurled in the dimness. She
outlined the plan with precision. They would slip away into the night and
venture beyond Beckham.
“Freedom awaits us,” she promised.
In the corner of the room, a satchel lay open, its mouth gaping for the
remnants of a life they would soon discard. Ana moved toward it. She
reached first for the photograph, the image of their mother etched with sepia
tones. A gentle touch traced the contours of the woman’s smile before Ana
nestled the photo amidst the sparse contents of the bag.
Next came the journal, its leather cracked with secrets and shared
aspirations. Here lay the sketches of dreams. Within those scribbles,
laughter and love lingered, a memory of how life was with their mother.
Ana placed it atop the photograph, promising herself that they wouldn’t
give up on their dreams, even now, with their mother gone.
The bag was light. It bore the essence of three lives intertwined with all
that the triplets had from their past.
“Time to go,” Ana whispered, her grip on the satchel firm. She turned to
her sisters, and together, they stepped toward the threshold into a life of
freedom, no matter what hardships it may bring.
The wooden steps creaked under their weight. With each step they took,
they worried their father would hear and his rage would be out of control
once again. Ana firmly believed that if their mother hadn’t been there to
protect them, they all would have died as infants.
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