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He glanced down at the last slice of cold hao upstairs”

Her heart skipped a beat at the licentious ih she knehat he ine how someone was able to dress my bed so quickly only to disappear with no trace of ever having been there”

“Are you not eating?” he said nodding to her plate She glanced down, realised she had hardly touched aone’s appetite”

A broken heart and pining for a lost love made one dissatisfied, too

He stood and placed his napkin on the table “Then let us get to it Once we have discovered the truth, I am sure you’ll be ravenous for dinner”

Tristan sat on the bed in Lord Fernall’s room and stared at the words painted on the wallpaper His initial observation had been correct The luminous effect of the phosphorescent substance was diht

“But ould have seen or heard solanced at him, her furrowed brow evidence of her confusion “People do not just disappear”

“I agree,” he said, rubbing his chin, “whichthe process” He paused briefly while he considered the possibility The gap between the wooden bed frale to fit inside the aro and inspect your room”

They walked across the hall and into her bedchamber

“Perhaps they hid behind the drapes,” she said as they stood in the s “Whoever dressed my bed had but a few minutes to do so”

“So, the ai the house is haunted, and that your life is in danger,” Tristan reiterated more for his own benefit He noted the bookcase on the wall opposite the bed “Do you read often?”

She followed his gaze to the shelves of leather-bound books “No Everything you see is as it hen I took up residence Whenever my funds permit it, I stay at the house in Brook Street”

Tristan struggled to suppress his irritated sigh He did not approve of her flitting from one place to another But in her refusal to ht to pass comment

“How long have you been experiencing the strange phenomena?”

Isabella tapped her lip as she gazed up at the ceiling “Well, after Saefields for a ti Henry’s lover, so I was not surprised to discover he had made provisions for me to live alone here”