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Book 2 of Jane Austen Fantasy
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EMMA’S DRAGON:
LONDON AND PEMBERLEY
JANE AUSTEN FANTASY - BOOK 2
by M. Verant
Copyright © 2023
The wedding ritual that binds draca, an offering of marriage gold blessed by the Church, is central to aristocratic Englishness. Yet, in this Enlightened era, we cannot deny the evidence of binding in cultures different from our own.
— DEBRETT'S DRACAL LINEAGE. 8THED, 1812
The empowerment of binding is a female right, independent of religion, class, or love.
— MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT BENNET. ARGYLL STREET PROTEST, JULY 1812
I shall not give you any advice.
— EMMA WOODHOUSE
PART I
LONDON
1
EMMA WOODHOUSE
EMMA
I am Emma Woodhouse.I have three secrets.
Our coach rattled over the cobblestones of London. The city’s unfamiliar clamor had grown: shouts and whistles, thudding hooves, and traces straining above the clatter of wheels. The coach windows were shut, tightly latched and curtains drawn, but the sound crept through.
“Miss Woodhouse…” Harriet’s voice had a concerned wobble.
My gaze was trapped by the pearl button that snugged the wrist of my glove. Twelve loops of perfect thread wrapped the button shank—my defense against the miasma. It took all my courage to look up.
