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“Well, yes”

“Then what ht be hers?”

“Rafe Geoffrey thinks it’s hers”

“I do, Uncle Rafe!” Geoffrey’s excited voice cah the phone “I just know it has to be!”

“Did you hear that?” Brooke asked

He got theBrooke refused to dash his hopes “Yes,” he said resignedly “I heard”

“We’re al to continue”

He asked which trail it was and she described it, the second path after the boat jetty, the one that crossed the road to the walled garden “I know the one,” he said “It continues on past a couple of abandoned fares, in and out of stands of elm and ash trees Eventually, it curves back and coain”

“Then we’ll just go on, follow it all the way around and back to the lake”

“And we’ll call right ae find her!” Geoffrey shouted

Rafe s then, and felt the scar on his cheek pulling, res he hadn’t said, all the truths too dangerous to share “All right, then Keep me in the loop”

Brooke made a low sound in her throat “Geoffrey will make absolutely certain that I do”

Again, Rafe put his phone away and rode on,around to the south front, heading for the lake He was going to join forces with Brooke and Geoffrey Why not? He’d been searching since half past nine and he’d gotten exactly nowhere They ether and fail to find her as to wander around separately praying for a clue

Plus, he had to ad He decided not to think about ould happen when Geoffrey finally becaed, too

Rafe’s phone rang as he reached the lake trail, at a point just beyond the old woodland garden, which Gen and Eloise were planning to start whipping into shape next year His heart sla into overdrive, he pulled the phone from his pocket

But it was only Eloise “The sergeant is asking for you Princess Adrienne and Prince Evan have landed at East Midlands They should arrive here within the hour And I called Brooke She told me to call you”

“Put the sergeant off I know you You can handle him”

“Do you really think you’re going to find her?”