A Reflection of Shadows by Anne Renwick

Author:Anne Renwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781948359160
Publisher: Anne Renwick

Chapter Fifteen

Reeling from Lord Aldridge’s revelations, Colleen gripped Nick’s arm as they approached his family’s townhome. Though she wished to storm her uncle’s study and demand answers, unsubstantiated accusations and ravings about fairy cats would see her delivered to the mad house.

Had her uncle been abusing his position as her trustee to turn a profit? If so, then her estate manager, Watts, was corrupt. He’d been sending her reports for years, and it made her ill to think how many thousands of pounds she had transferred into his care. Had he pocketed the money? Funneled it back to her uncle? What was the true state of Craigieburn and its lands? Was the roof truly damaged, or was it a ruse designed to keep her dashing about the shadows of London, turning a profit with her skills? Gah! If so, then all these years he’d known she was a sneak thief.

Worse still, had he used those earnings to fund a mad man’s research? Had her uncle himself placed Sorcha in Dr. Farquhar’s hands? She recalled the charred bodies in the burned-out basement laboratory. Exactly how many other cat sìth had been sacrificed to this lunacy? Did cryptid hunters roam her land, unchallenged, collecting the cats to sell to others who believed them capable of magic? And what of those men, women and children who possessed golden eyes? Might such attention incite a modern witch hunt?

Bilious twistings escaped the pit of her stomach and spread upward, constricting her throat.

Not that the repercussions ended there. Though the imprisonment and torment of cat sìth made her blood boil, any good that might have come of it—a possible treatment for heart block—had slipped through her own fingers.

“I’m of a mind to gather a few supplies and head directly to your uncle’s door,” Nick said.

“As am I.” Colleen entertained a brief fantasy of doing exactly that. With Nick at her side, they could— She shook her head. “But he won’t tell you anything, and he certainly won’t admit to any underhanded dealings.” Her feet slowed. “There is, however, a dinner party he’s attending this evening.”

“You think he’s involved.”

“I do. In so many ways.”

“And you want to break into his home, his study, and rifle through his papers for answers and evidence. Before we confront him about Dr. Farquhar’s whereabouts. Properly, over tea and whisky. And perhaps the sights of my TTX pistol.”

“You know me so well.” She managed a faint smile. The brilliant orange sun hung low over London, casting the jagged line of rooftops into a dark profile and setting the low-hanging clouds aglow. Chimney pots spouted smoke, warming homes as the city quieted, hunkering down for the night. “I’ll contact Isabella, make certain she and my uncle still plan to attend the dinner party. I’m certain they do. He’ll want to keep up appearances.”

His face was all business, yet she knew revenge and justice lurked beneath the surface. “A few hours from now, then, we’ll go. Together.”

“Agreed.” They stopped upon the pavement before the entrance of his family townhome.

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