A Midsummer Night's Romp by Katie MacAlister

Author:Katie MacAlister
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

I couldn’t help but smile when Cressy whirlwinded her way out of the room, shaking my head a little. “I don’t think that even in my top form I had as much energy as she does.”

“She’s certainly a force to behold, isn’t she?” Gunner said with no little pride. “The shotgun-bearing years aside, I can’t wait for her to make her mark on the world.”

“I’m sure the world will never be the same.” I looked away from him, irrationally sad at the sight of that wonderful flesh covered up. I began to think up a plan whereby he had to get out of the chair, and allow me to ogle his behind and legs. “Do you think it would be worthwhile to dig around randomly in the cellar? I mean, we would have no clue where we were down there in relationship to the rest of the Roman structure.”

“It’s as much a gamble as anything else, really. The trench next to the north wall of the castle shows there’s a building in the immediate area, so it’s likely under the castle.” Much to my delight, he collected the empty plates and, rising, clunked his way over to the sink. “My feeling is that we won’t know until we look.”

“True, but it still seems very unlikely we’ll find anything.” I tapped a spoon against my chin, idly watching the way his butt cheeks flexed as he rinsed dishes and loaded them into a dishwasher. Good manners dictated that I should have offered to help so that he could get off his foot, but there was no way in hell I was going to miss this show. “And what will Roger say about it? He’s liable to go ballistic.”

“That’s why I want to take a look down there first. You know how excited he gets over the sketchiest of ideas.”

“I’m fine with taking a peek at the cellar, but I’d like to point out that you have your foot in a cast, Cressy doesn’t want to help, and I don’t know the proper way to open a trench so that I don’t destroy stuff.”

“I told you before that I’d be happy to teach you whatever you wanted to know.” Gunner grinned as he dried his hands.

I raised my eyebrows at him, but before I could say anything in response, he said more seriously, “That’s a good point, actually. I’d like the satisfaction of opening up any trenches we put in the cellars ourselves, but I’m afraid my dig work is limited. Unless we could persuade one of the diggers to covertly do a little work for us, I’m afraid we are going to be very limited in digging possibilities.”

“Daria!” I said, pointing the spoon at him. He tsked, and held out a hand for it. I got to my feet and slowly walked it over to him, my mind turning over this new idea. “I bet she’d open a trench for us. She’s fairly furious about Roger’s plan to drop everything and focus on what she considers nonexistent treasure.

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