A Haunting at Havenwood (Seasons of Change Book 6) by Sally Britton

Author:Sally Britton [Britton, Sally]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Ras’s distracted mind refused to cooperate with him.

Despite the quiet of the study, his pen remained still. The ink remained stoppered. The paper…blank. The author himself sat back in the leather chair, his notebook in hand, glaring at the ceiling.

The words never came as easily as he thought they should, even though he worked upon his fourth volume for publication. Never mind how many scraps of paper and notebooks he had filled with idle ideas even before publication. Every word still took time to form, every story time to coalesce into a narrative that made sense.

Miss Banner’s smile appeared in his thoughts. He whisked it away with the wave of a hand. The charming woman was yet another distraction, and he had spent enough time the day before thinking about her, wondering when he might see her again. He had promised himself she would not cross his thoughts, nor interfere with his writing, this day.

Writing often proved laborious, but not writing at all was rather like trying to give up sunshine. He did not think he could do it and live happily. But given his family’s distinct lack of understanding, Ras had stolen time to write in secret for years.

Perhaps that was the issue. He no longer had to squeeze writing time between the dullness of responsibilities, therefore the writing itself had become dull.

His lack of inspiration had nothing to do with the ghosts bickering in the room with him.

“My lady, the one reason we’re here with the lad is enough. We cannae distract ourselves or him from our purpose.”

Ras lowered his gaze to the two of them. Having already solicited their silence once, he did not think it likely to help should he ask again. The two of them had their own tasks to worry over. Or so they claimed.

“I refuse to believe it a distraction. I think the two things complement each other.” Lady Elizabeth stood at the window, looking out over the front drive. “Can you believe they removed my rose bushes from the drive? The white roses were so lovely in the summer.”

“Aye, they were.” The ghostly gentleman drew up beside her. “When ye wore them in your hair, I always thought ye looked like a fairy princess.”

She smiled at him, then caught Ras watching from the corner of her eye. Lady Elizabeth squared her shoulders and shook her finger at him. “You cannot sit at that desk all day, Ras. You need to be up and out of this house.”

Tucking his notebook back into his coat, Ras tried to ignore the building pressure behind his eyes. “Perhaps if you directed me as to where I should go, it would be of some help. Neither of you have told me what it is I am meant to do.”

The couple exchanged a heavy glance.

“Well. This is the first time you have actually asked for direction,” Lady Elizabeth said.

“About time.” Erasmus grinned, his teeth flashing white. “It’s obvious, lad. We’re here to help you secure the treasure.”

Ras stared at them both, then groaned and rubbed at his eyes.

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