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So why had she spent an age picking the right gown to flatter her figure? Why did it feel as if grasshoppers were leaping about in her chest? Why did her heart dance in her throat when she entered Sir Melrose’s crowded ballroom? Indeed, her hands shook, and her cheeks flamatic owner of a haunted castle
“Co to the far side of the ballroom, “let’s find a quiet place by the alcove, and we can discuss your intentions”
“My intentions?” Sybil craned her neck and searched the rooh the crowd
“What do you intend to do about Mr Daventry?” Cassandra spoke as if Sybil had a proble?”
What was she to do about Mr Daventry?
The question brought to ht to enter the head of an unmarried lady While curious about her father’s work—astounded at the lengths a o to in order to save the innocent—she found herself ued by the new master of the Order
Perhaps she had inherited her father’s need to help the tormented Perhaps she just wanted to knohat it would be like to be captured in the scoundrel’s ared and plundered
“Letthearth’s illegitimate son was just as handsorin on Cassandra’s face Both h unlike Lord Newberry, Benedict possessed a natural char “I shall negotiate terms on your behalf”
“Ter any ht of late-night walks through the garden of Bronygarth She liked the thought of bidding Mr Daventry goo
d night, conversing over breakfast She liked the confusing roiling in her storey eyes met hers
“Lord knohy your father left Daventry such an iht the books belong to you”
“Oh, by terotiate a price for my father’s work” Heavens, for a lady who professed to have a logical mind, her brain had turned to mulch
Cassandra frowned “Are you unwell? You seeument at the auction has affected your nerves”
Sybil re into Mr Daventry’s ho at Bronygarth And while she wasn’t ready to confess her sins, the need to defend Mr Daventry pulsed in her veins
“Mr Daventry will do the right thing,” Sybil said, daring to take another glance around the ballroom “My father had the utmost respect for him And so I shall have faith in Mr Daventry’s character, too”