Amaryllis by Jayne Castle

Author:Jayne Castle
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-06-06T04:00:00+00:00

with a likely explanation. According to my friends in the department, Gifford and Landreth had a major confrontation a couple of months ago. Gifford handed in his resignation because of it. Lucas, there are so many questions."

"Here." Lucas thrust a small glass into her hand. "Drink this."

Amaryllis frowned at the dark, intensely aromatic liqueur. "What is it?"

"Moontree brandy."

She hastily clutched the glass with both hands. "Good heavens, that must have cost a fortune."

Lucas's mouth curved faintly. "Don't worry, I save it for special occasions."

"Oh." She sniffed cautiously at the exotic brandy. "Well, thank you. You really shouldn't have."

Moontree brandy was a near-legendary liqueur, so far as Amaryllis was concerned. Certainly no one back home in Lower Bellevue ever had a bottle of it stashed in a cupboard. The production of the brandy was extremely limited because the tree produced fruit only on the rare occasions when both Chelan and Yakima were in total eclipse.

The botanists had not yet been able to explain the exact nature of the synergistic reaction between the eclipsed moons and the tree. All attempts to grow the moontree under controlled conditions had failed.

"Sip slowly," Lucas advised. "The stuff has a kick."

"So I've heard." Amaryllis took a tiny taste—and promptly gasped for breath as a fierce rush of heat filled her mouth. The heady warmth was immediately followed by an equally luscious sweetness.

Lucas leaned back against a table and crossed one ankle over the other. "Like it?"

"It's . .. interesting." Amaryllis resumed her pacing.

"You're going to talk to Osterley, aren't you?"

Amaryllis stopped in front of the window. She looked out into the eerie garden. "Yes."

"I don't suppose it will do any good to tell you that I don't think that's a real bright idea."

"I have to talk to him, Lucas."

"Why?"

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