A Sinner No More by Kelly Boyce

Author:Kelly Boyce [Boyce, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The carriage ride to Raven Manor took a full two days, despite its relative close proximity to London. Hawk cursed the fretful weather, snowing one minute and turning to sleet the next. The sun once tried to break its way through but the dark clouds overpowered it, leaving the sky an unwelcoming gray.

Rather ominous.

He scowled up at the sky. Anything that delayed his return to London was met with anger and trepidation. He should not have left Madalene behind, unprotected. What if Lord T discovered she was there? He cursed his stupidity at not telling Lord Ridgemont to watch out for her.

Despite his growing unease, the closer the carriage drew to Raven Manor, the more familiar the landscape became. Hawk began to guess at what might be up ahead or around the next bend and experienced a small victory when his guesses proved correct. Slowly, but surely, pieces of his missing memory trickled back. It gave him hope that his return home would be worthwhile in the end.

The carriage labored up the graveled drive, still slick with last night’s sleet and snow and stopped in front of the wide arced stairway. Hawk closed his eyes and pictured what he would find on the other side of the door. The entrance would be awash in red and dark wood. There would be a small table at the far end near the staircase that served to collect the day’s mail. A large oil painting—a landscape—would hang on the wall and beneath it another narrow table and a porcelain vase filled with fresh flowers from the greenhouse.

The door to the carriage swung open, interrupting his memories and the confusion that surrounded them. Why was it he could remember the unimportant aspects of his life, yet the pieces of the puzzle he needed to ensure Madalene’s safety—such as what information he had collected on Lord T’s identity—continued to elude him? What if he never remembered? What if his journals were never found? Or what if he did find them only to discover they contained nothing to help track down the man Phillip had played his demented game with?

“M’lord?”

Hawk shook off the questions and waved off his driver who offered assistance in getting down from the carriage. There was no need getting ahead of himself. If such things did come to pass, he would find another way to keep Madalene safe. For now, he needed to keep his wits about him and navigate the battlefield that was his family.

Before he reached the front door, it opened, revealing a well-dressed, older man. Hawk struggled for a name. Rodney? Randall?

“Roberts,” he said, the name coming to him at the last minute and with it a rush of information. The family’s house steward. He’d been with the family for as long as Hawk could recall, though the man before him appeared older than his memories allowed for. Perhaps it was the shocked expression on his face that made it so, or the snow-white hair that grew in a strip around his head, leaving the top completely bald.

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