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“It’s Sir Hubert,” she whispered softly, dropping her head into her hands and weeping openly “He’s dead”

Several kiss and Izzy with a watery skiss offered her, she folded the sers over and over, as she talked “It’s just a shock, that is all He was a kind ave me a chance I am not certain where I would be now, if it wasn’t for his help”

“Do you want to go to the funeral?” Isobel patted her hand coly

Amelia shook her head “He has already been buried His brother wrote to inforo, but unfortunately sent the letter to Glendowie With Sir Hubert being away, Lord Bestas handed the note He forwarded it on toin Devon,” Amelia replied softly “What do I do now?” she whispered, suddenly wanting the reassuring war embrace

“You need to remain here, and wait for Sebastian to return Ballantyne still poses a threat We cannot forget that fact,” Isobel replied, buttering so it into Amelia’s hand “Until then, you need to try to co Once Ballantyne has been dealt with, you can decide what you want to do”

Although she didn’t say as much, Isobel knew that Sebastian would definitely have an opinion in that regard She was fairly certain that his deter the hter, than discovering Eastleigh’s connections to Haorth

With a shaky smile of thanks, Amelia took the toast from Isobel and sipped her tea

Sebastian felt tension creep through hi driveway of Tingdale House later that day The sight of the large stone edifice lying in resplendent tranquillity in the evening sunlight looked eveninside

“Don’t worry, it will be fine,” Doside

“She threatened to leave if I returned with him”

“He insisted on co with us,” Do Haorth from the death mask He can hardly do that from Kent, now can he? Propriety demands we accommodate him while he is here”

Behind theh, who had insisted on accoerness to reacquaint hiible in the ested

Despite his concern at Amelia’s possible reaction, Sebastian still felt certain sympathy for the Earl On the afternoon of their arrival at Eastleigh House, Sebastian and Do events to date They wasted no ti forward their suspicions that the h was astonished, but in turn confir did indeed look like Haorth The only way to be certain was to take a look at the death mask

Knowing the dangers involved, Sebastian had cautiously revealed the possibility that his attacker may be Ballantyne He had recounted his brutal kidnap and beatings, before reluctantly revealing that he had in fact been saved by Amelia

After a few moments of stunned silence, the olderinto the chair behind him with a heavy thump