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Annie's Song Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Annie's Song novel. A total of 34 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : ANNIE'S SONG.Catherine Anderson.Annie couldn't imagine why Alex was so upset.
ANNIE'S SONG.Catherine Anderson.Annie couldn't imagine why Alex was so upset. He looked ominously angry; initially she'd believed he was furious with her.But no ... Gazing up at him, she saw dark shadows of regret in his eyes, and she could
- 1 ANNIE'S SONG.Catherine Anderson.Annie couldn't imagine why Alex was so upset. He looked ominously angry; initially she'd believed he was furious with her.But no ... Gazing up at him, she saw dark shadows of regret in his eyes, and she could
- 2 "h.e.l.lo, there."h.e.l.lo, there? After what he had done to her, Annie could scarcely believe he was greeting her as if nothing had happened. Remembering how quickly he could move and the punis.h.i.+ng grip of his hands, she was terrified that
- 3 But her mother's hands still covered her face. Whatever she said to Papa made him grow pale. He turned aching blue eyes on Annie."Dear G.o.d, no."He moved slowly toward the tub. Grasping Annie's arm, he drew her to her feet. Annie coul
- 4 Her finely arched brows drew together in a frown. Instead of reaching for the candy, she placed a palm over her abdomen and shook her head slightly."Not in the mood for a sweet, hmm?" Taking care not to make any sudden moves, Daniel drew back th
- 5 "At least then I might have exercised some control in matters," she shot back. "Putting our daughter into inexperienced hands could undo all the years of training I've worked so hard to instill in her."Alex rubbed his temple, sile
- 6 James tugged on his ear, then glanced at the floor, the wall, everywhere but at Alex. "Well, you see, it's a little more complicated than that. Some of my guests are from out of town, and I've invited them to sleep over. Annie's room w
- 7 Before Annie guessed what he meant to do, he stuffed the strop in his pocket, caught her to his chest, and exited the conveyance. Clasped in his embrace as she was, her feet dangled uselessly several inches above the ground.She thought about giving him an
- 8 "Nothing prompted her! With no provocation, she attacked me."Wiping at his nose again, Alex studied the hefty woman, his instincts telling him that there was more to this than she was revealing. "How, exactly, did your finger come to be in
- 9 Eight.Deeply troubled by the discovery about Annie, Alex paid a visit to her parents the following morning. After being shown into the parlor, he took a seat in a wing chair near the hearth so he might face Edie and James, who sat together on the horsehai
- 10 "The Trimbles have no legal rights, not anymore. Ye can do what ye like.""True, but they are Annie's parents. If you're correct, and she's capable of developing emotional attachments, then an estrangement..." Alex let hi
- 11 The only explanation Annie could think of was that she saw the sound being made, knew it from memory, and, because her brain expected her to hear it, she thought she actually did.Only she'd never heard Alex Montgomery's voice. Her father's
- 12 Ten.Alex awoke shortly after dawn the next morning to a nasty headache and a ruckus loud enough to wake the dead. Shrill voices. The disturbance reminded him of the other night when Annie had sunk her teeth into Mistress Perkins's finger. Not somethi
- 13 Between the two of them, they outlined some safeguards they could enforce that would discourage, if not prevent, Annie from sneaking outside again, the most important being that, henceforth, all the exterior doors would be kept locked from the inside, day
- 14 Annie was all that mattered, not her b.a.s.t.a.r.d of a father.Calm, he had to stay calm. To that end, he forced his lungs to expand, drawing in a shuddering breath. As he exhaled, her face broke through the haze of his anger. He'd never seen anyone
- 15 The girl was anything but stupid. That she had learned, all on her own, to lip-read and mimic speech was indicative of an intelligence well above average.Talking more slowly and forming each word precisely so it would be easier for her to follow him, Alex
- 16 James's blue eyes went wide with fear, and his face drained of all color. "What in G.o.d's name are you talking about?" He clutched at Alex's wrists. "You're about to rip my suit, young man.""Your suit?" Alex released the man so suddenly that he
- 17 Annie felt as if the floor had vanished from beneath ha feet.She stood there staring up at him in shocked amazement, convinced she must have misread his words. The disgruntled look on his face told her otherwise. He had obviously spoken without forethough
- 18 There you go. Now blow."Annie expelled air with all the force she could muster. No sound came out, but evidently something else did. Alex jerked his head back, laughed, and wiped under one eye. "Not that hard, goose. You'll bust a vessel."Annie bent h
- 19 Personal? It was definitely not a subject men usually broached to young ladies. The trick, he decided, would be to give her an adequate explanation without becoming too explicit. Simple terms, that was his aim."You understand that there's a baby inside
- 20 "I thought it for a hundred different reasons," she said shrilly. "The awful sounds she made. My uncle made sounds almost exactly like them, animallike utterances and grunts.My aunt had to have him bound to a tree until attendants from a madhouse could
- 21 The instant he entered the hall, Alex heard the screaming. It was like nothing he had ever heard in his life, a horrible, demented wailing that reverberated eerily along the landing arid down the stairway. Grasping the banister rail, he swung onto the fir
- 22 A smile touched her mouth, and, opening her eyes, she looked into the stall. The mare stood in the center of the enclosure, her liquid brown eyes resting curiously on the two humans who had intruded upon her peace. Beside her, his long, gangly legs spread
- 23 She shook her head and mouthed the words , "I want to go home."With daily practice, Alex's lipreading skills had improved to a point that he could, with great effort, make out simple sentences. "Home? To your parents, you mean?""Yes."He had only on
- 24 She stood up so suddenly that he felt sure it made her head spin. Watching her sultry expression change to one of wariness, he gave a halfhearted smile. "Somehow, I was afraid that would be your reaction." He glanced at her bodice."Which is a shame. Ma
- 25 Douglas ... Alex's pulse quickened. Then he discarded the thought. For all his faults, his brother was no fool. No, it was probably one of the servants, he decided. Sometimes Frederick had trouble sleeping and rattled around in the kitchen during the
- 26 She arched her back, her lungs whining for breath, as she strained helplessly to break his hold."Annie love, it's me." Alex reared up so his face was above hers. "It's me, sweetheart."In the moonlight, her eyes were large, lu
- 27 He glanced up when she reached him. As she had so many times before, Annie looked into his eyes and thought of Christmas toffee still warm from the pan. His eyes were a rich, golden brown, so deep and clear she could get lost in them.Like the candy she lo
- 28 "I blame myself because he hurt you," he admitted. "By then, I was beginning to suspect how vicious he could get, especially when he drank, but I refused to face it. If I had, I might have prevented what happened up at the falls that day.&q
- 29 She wrinkled her nose and shook her head again. Alex released her and stepped back. "Show me one thing about you that's not perfect," he challenged.She started to hug herself again, but he forestalled her by catching her wrists and drawing
- 30 Her shocked little cry was m.u.f.fled by the napkin as he smeared the coldness over her silken folds. Her entire body jerked when he caught the sensitive nubbin of flesh hidden there between his thumb and forefinger. Giving it a hard roll, Alex watched he
- 31 "A dozen? Jesus Christ!" Alex shot up from his chair and started to pace. "That's it then. I'm not touching her. Maybe it's a d.a.m.ned good thing I'm sending her away to school, after all."Daniel pushed away from t
- 32 "Fairies?" He gave a low chuckle, but there was no humor in it."Surely you didn't believe that, Annie. I mean, when you thought about it, surely you-" He broke off, staring down at her pale face. "I, um ... I guess, maybe, if
- 33 "I don't want to go," she said.Pretending he hadn't noticed, Alex kissed her forehead.Then he turned to Maddy. "You'll write? Once a week, at least.""Lands, yes. I told ye, Master Alex, I'll write ye every week without fail!" She handed the tick
- 34 Alex laughed in spite of himself. As much as he hated to admit it, he liked the man. "I'm relieved to hear that.""Annie is very loyal. We're good friends, nothing more."Alex moved on up the steps. "She is here, isn'