“Yes, sir.” I slid an arm around my lover’s waist and helped him up the stairs to the room we shared. I steered him toward the bed and urged him to lie down. Because of the upset to the household, none of the normal tasks had been accomplished, and the bed still looked as if it had been a battlefield.
“Thomas always was a restless sleeper, Dr Cliffe,” Lady Eugenia offered coolly.
The doctor c****d an eyebrow at her and simply said, “Mmm hmm.” He curled his lip at the clothes Tommy wore. “Strip him out of those, if you please.”
I removed the shirt and trousers and left them lying on the floor. I’d already seen the livid marks that covered my lover’s ribs, but the doctor’s lips tightened at the sight of them, and Lady Genie made a distressed sound.
“You really shouldn’t be here, my lady,
