Baleful Godmother Historical Romance Series Volume One by Emily Larkin

Author:Emily Larkin [Larkin, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780994144300
Publisher: Emily Larkin

Chapter Four

The hackney trotted back towards the Thames. Letty stared out the window but it wasn’t Southwark she saw; it was Mr. Reid pinning Dunlop to the wall.

Such casual violence, performed as effortlessly as breathing.

She glanced at Reid. He was sunk deep in thought, his brow furrowed.

Her gaze dropped to Reid’s hands, clenched in his lap. They looked like gentleman’s hands, clad in leather gloves, but they weren’t; they were fighter’s hands, large and strong and brutal.

She knew she should be repelled by him—but she wasn’t.

Reid was tougher than any man she’d ever met. He was more a man than any man she’d met. He was dangerous. And because of those things—perversely, and against her better judgment—she was attracted to him.

He’s not attracted to me, Letty thought wryly. She was nothing more than a tool to Mr. Reid.

The hackney crossed London Bridge. A foul smell pushed its way into the carriage again. “What’s that smell?” Letty asked.

“Smell?” Reid blinked, and looked up. “The tanneries.”

They fell into silence again, traversing streets and neighborhoods Letty didn’t recognize. Finally, the hackney turned into the Strand. A few minutes more, and they’d be back at Hatchard’s. She smoothed her gloves on her hands, tweaked each fingertip.

I don’t want to go home.

“I apologize,” Reid said abruptly. “I should never have taken you to Marshalsea. It was unconscionable.”

Letty glanced at him. His expression was grim. Was he in the throes of a fit of conscience?

“It was interesting,” she said, and heard the bell-tone of truth in her words. It had been interesting—the sordid room, the coarse language, the violence. More interesting than any afternoon in her life. “Matlock. Would that be Lieutenant Thomas Matlock? The Earl of Riddleston’s brother?”

Reid put up his brows. “You know him?”

“Extremely well. He’s a close friend of my cousin, Lucas Kemp.”

“I don’t think it was Matlock.”

“He’s in England at the moment. Did you know? He’s on leave.”

From Reid’s expression, he hadn’t known.

“My cousins hold a house party in Wiltshire every year, before the hunting season starts. I’ll be there. And so will Tom Matlock.”

“I don’t think it’s Matlock,” Reid said again.

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