A Scandalous Vow by Ava Stone

Author:Ava Stone
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Night Shift Publishing
Published: 2017-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

C aroline had seen her son’s letter. In fact, she’d given it to Emma before Bethany Carteret and Hannah Astwick had come to inform her, under the guise of a social call, that she and Marc had appeared in some gossip columns the last couple days. She supposed she shouldn’t have been surprised by that. Marc was, after all, often fodder for printed gossip. While Caroline wasn’t at all certain what to do about that situation, at the moment, she was much more concerned with whatever had been transpiring in the library when she walked in. She wasn’t as big a fool as her oldest daughter seemed to think she was. Honestly, who did Rachel think she was duping with her feigned serene smile and the bashful drop of her eyes? Something was definitely going on.

Caroline turned her attention on Marc who…Well, he quite took her breath away, standing in the library, the way his dark jacket stretched across the expanse of his shoulders, the way his light trousers hugged his thighs, the way that familiar twinkle in his eyes could make her heart race, even in the light of day and even when she knew it shouldn’t. “I didn’t know you’d returned.”

“I didn’t want to interrupt.” Which his entrance would surely have done.

The slow smile that spread across his lips made her knees just the slightest bit weak, though she was still going to find out what was going on when she’d walked into the library. Of course, she’d probably have a better chance finding out from Marc than from Rachel, surprising as that was. But he could at least be reasonable. On occasion.

Caroline noticed a familiar book resting in the overstuffed leather chair that had been her husband’s favorite. “The Faerie Queen again?” she asked her daughter as she and David had read that collection together more than once over the years.

Rachel nodded. “Britomart has just won her joust.”

Perfect. The tale of the lady knight did appeal to Rachel. Her daughter could read that particular volume a million times over and never tire of the story. “We’ll leave you to it, then.” She lifted her hand out to Marc. “I’m hoping you have a moment for me.”

“You can have all my moments,” he said, taking her hand in his without haste.

Heat washed over her from the contact, but Caroline was determined to focus on the matter at hand. Once in the corridor and away from Rachel’s ears, Caroline glanced up at him. “All right, would you like to tell me what that was about now?”

“What exactly?” he asked.

That was the question, wasn’t it? “You’re not willing to negotiate Rachel’s safety and good name? I’m fairly certain that’s what I overheard.”

An exasperated expression settled on his face. “Your daughter is extremely stubborn.”

That went without saying. “Yes, well, she does come by it naturally. But you didn’t answer my question.”

“The Covent Guard,” Marc breathed out. “She wants his name and was offering her approval of me in exchange for the information.

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