"Sharon Green - [ebel 01 - Rebel" - читать интересную книгу автора (Green Sharon)

Sitting down and pulling Dinra across his knees took only a moment, but then Mayne had a small
problem. The barrel-like skirt of her gown looked like it would be hard to raise, and the thing did resist
some as Dinra squawked and tried to get back to her feet. But then the heavily pleated skirt flipped up
and over DinraтАЩs head and shoulders, taking itself out of MayneтАЩs way and staying like that without
needing to be held.
There was no slip under the skirt, not when the skirt itself was lined, and the fact that Dinra hadnтАЩt acted
on the spur of the moment became perfectly clear when Mayne saw she also wore nothing in the way of
drawers. A bare, too-plump bottom squirmed around clear in his sight, and there was no reason for
Mayne to refuse the very tempting offer.
тАЬNo, ow!тАЭ Dinra howled from the very first smack of MayneтАЩs hand. тАЬThis isnтАЩt the - ow! - way to start
a - oh! - relationship, so stop it! Prince Mayne, let me go! Ouch!тАЭ
тАЬYouтАЩre only getting what you asked for, Dinra,тАЭ Mayne said as he kept on smacking that very deserving
bottom. тАЬIf youтАЩd taken no for an answer you would have avoided the lesson, but you knew better. Do
you still think it was a good idea to keep pressing me?тАЭ
Instead of answering in words, Dinra started a howling to go along with her squirming and kicking. At
first there was only a faint pinkness tingeing her bottom, but the more MayneтАЩs hand slapped that
roundness the more the pink turned to red. Adding strength to MayneтАЩs hand was the knowledge that
Dinra kept calling him тАЬPrince MayneтАЭ for a reason other than protocol. The stupid female was relishing
his title, glorying in the idea that it was a prince she meant to wrap around her finger. It would be
interesting to see what she called him once he was done spanking her.
By the time Mayne was finished with the spanking, Dinra wasnтАЩt calling him anything. She was crying
hysterically, though, and when Mayne pulled her skirt back down and set her on her feet she just stood in
place and cried and bounced. Mayne thought she might be waiting for him to take her in his arms and
comfort her, but that wasnтАЩt about to happen. Instead of touching the girl, he stood up and went directly
for the roomтАЩs bell pull. It took only a moment for one of his servants to appear, and the manтАЩs face wore
nothing of an expression.
тАЬLond, the lady Dinra needs to be escorted back to her apartment,тАЭ Mayne said without inflection. тАЬAnd
please tell the others that if she ever comes back here, she isnтАЩt to be allowed entrance. Is that clear?тАЭ
тАЬYes, Prince Mayne, perfectly clear,тАЭ Lond answered, the twinkle in his eyes saying how happy the man
was that there was no chance of this female ever being in a position to give him and the other servants
orders. Mayne got the impression that Dinra had treated his people as if they were unimportant pieces of
furniture, which showed even more clearly how much of a fool the girl was. Good servants were priceless
treasures, something anyone with a mind would know.
It took a few minutes for Lond to get Dinra out of MayneтАЩs apartment. The girl cried even harder when
she was made to walk, but finally Mayne was able to close the door on the intrusion and head for his
bedchamber. He wanted a bath, and while he bathed heтАЩd go back to making plans that he hoped would
not be a waste of time and effortтАж


***
Adair woke refreshed from her good nightтАЩs sleep, glad sheтАЩd locked out the horde of servants whoтАЩd
tried to take over her life the night before. TheyтАЩd ignored her when she told them she didnтАЩt like to be
fussed over, so sheтАЩd ordered them all out of the apartment and then had locked the door. The key to the
hall door was right where it was supposed to be, in the low cabinet to the right of the door, the same
place the outer door keys were kept in her fatherтАЩs house.
After a quick wash Adair dressed in a tunic, tights, and a pair of low boots, an outfit the next part of her
plan called for. When she unlocked the hall door and then rang for a servant, she got twice the
amusement out of the effort than sheтАЩd expected to. Not only did her outfit almost make the servant drop
his teeth, the man was also shocked that Adair intended to have breakfast in her apartment rather than
join the other ladies in the small dining room.