A Passionate Magic by Flora Speer

Author:Flora Speer [Speer, Flora]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9780505524393
Google: xWNYtmKkAmQC
Amazon: 0505524392
Publisher: Love Spell
Published: 2001-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Emma was just beginning her descent of the cliff path the next morning when she looked down and saw Agatha standing on the beach, engrossed in conversation with Hermit. The two of them did not look up as Emma crossed the sand to them and they seemed to be unaware of her approach. She heard their last few sentences clearly.

”A despicable deed that must be rectified,” Agatha said with considerable passion.

“After so long, what can be done?” asked Hermit. “There is great danger if we try to set matters aright.”

“The girl deserves better,” Agatha responded. “The time for justice approaches. Truth cannot and will not be denied for much longer.”

“Agatha,” said Emma as she reached them, “shall I go away until you have finished your private talk?”

“There’s no need.” Seeming unconcerned at having been overheard, Agatha handed a cloth-wrapped bundle to Emma. “Dain’s messenger described Lady Richenda’s symptoms, so I was able to choose the correct herbs for her. I’ve included a vial of poppy syrup, too. Be careful not to give her too much. I have known people to become so attached to the stuff that they want more and more of it.”

“I don’t think there’s any danger of that happening with Lady Richenda,” Emma said. “She resents everything I do for her, so I’m sure she will refuse all my medicines as soon as she begins to feel a little better. The syrup does make her loquacious, though. Yesterday she recounted her version of the feud with Lord Udo. What prideful foolishness it all is.”

“Most feuds are born out of pride,” Agatha said. “Take good care of that nasty old woman. If she should die while you are treating her, Dain will have an excuse to blame you and set you aside so he can resume the feud, thus providing Lady Richenda, in death, with the vengeance she so craves. She will not mind dying if death gives her the victory over you and the baron of Wroxley.”

“She is a most determined lady,” Emma agreed. Then, deciding there would be no better time to speak up, she added, “Dain told me about you putting herbs in his wine. That was not well done.” She could not say more, not with Hermit standing there with them. She found herself blushing at the memory of what the passionate results of Agatha’s herbs had been, and she could not look at Hermit.

“It was only a pinch,” Agatha said, scoffing at Emma’s irritation. “The boy needed a little encouragement to go where his heart directed.”

“Dain is not a boy,” Emma said very firmly. “Nor is he under his mother’s influence, whatever you may think. He often disputes with her and frequently takes my part against her.”

”I am glad to hear it,” Agatha said. “Perhaps time is moving more swiftly than I realized.”

Agatha fell silent, her expression guarded, as if she was considering some deep secret, and Emma decided it was best to change the subject. She had already said too much about her private relationship with Dain.

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