Major Oliver Thornley never expected to see the man who saved his life at the battle of Waterloo again. He certainly never expected to fall over him in the street. When Thornley stumbles over a pile of rags, he is horrified to discover it is the man who dragged him from the battlefield to safety.<br><br>Taking the man back to his Mayfair home, Thornley nurses Daniel back to health as he battles with his own forbidden desires. Then he learns Daniel shares his feelings, as well. Though it feels so right when they are in each other’s arms, Thornley knows their mutual secret could see them hang.<br><br>Is there a way for them to be together despite the class difference that separates them? Can he admit he’s fallen in love before Daniel leaves for good?

Fallen

“Simpson,” he said. Nothing. “Simpson, can you hear me?” Again, nothing. Oliver stood up and wiped the tears again. He reached out and stroked Simpson’s head. Once, twice, and then Major Oliver Thornley did what he had wanted to do since the first moment he had laid eyes on Daniel Simpson. He leaned over and kissed him. Not the kind of kiss he wanted to give him, but a kiss nonetheless. He kissed him on his cheek at the corner of his mouth and his breath stuck in his throat at the touch and the scent of the man. He kissed him again. Gently and tenderly. Kissed the man that he loved. The love of his life. It took everything he had to walk out of the room and leave him there. Oliver went to his own chamber and laid on the bed, fully clothed, and curled into a ball. He stared unseeing into the dark.


Chapter 4