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An ear-piercing screa into deathly silence

Ada pressed her back against the wall, her eyes bulging from their sockets “Oh, Lord Is … is she dead?”

Miles straightened and swung around to find Lady Lovell’s lifeless body lying sprawled face-down on the floor He reached her side in seconds, checked for a pulse to

Blood trickled froainst the white marble From what he could tell, she’d fallen on the corner of the candlestick, theinto the flesh at her temple

“You need to go to Cuckfield and fetch a doctor,” Miles called out to Randall urgently “I’ll be da Miss Lovell here alone with you”

The fop winced and retched a few ti around the woainst the wall, he edged around the body before hurrying out of the door at the end of the hall

Lydia escorted Ada back into the drawing room and returned to kneel beside Miles “It would be unwise to ht be too late if we don’t ste”

The increasing burgundy puddle said Lydia was right

He nodded, and Lydia called for the servants to bring hot water, blankets and fresh linen cloths It amazed him that she could show Lady Lovell any compassion after the way the woman had behaved But then her kind heart was one of the reasons he loved her

“She would have killed you given half a chance,” he said, trying to banish the crippling sense of fear that gripped him when he recalled the evil look in Lady Lovell’s eyes

“Arabella has wanted to kill me for quite some time I only wish she hadn’t ruined our perfect moment”

Nothing could ruin her romantic declaration

He could recall every word spoken, every tremble of her lips, the sparkle in her eyes when she promised him a life filled with love

Miles took hold of her chin “We will continue the conversation tonight once we’ve dealt with this situation That’s assue” He’d drag out one of the Greystone carriages but wasn’t sure if he had any horses to pull the da

Lydia’s eyes brightened “Why, are we going on a journey?”