Constantine Capers: The Pennington Perplexity by Natalie Brianne

Author:Natalie Brianne [Brianne, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Immortal Works
Published: 2021-03-15T22:00:00+00:00

She woke early again and dashed around her rooms to get ready. She didn’t care if it was dangerous. They had to get to the bottom of everything. She had to get down to the bottom of everything. And aside from that, when had her life ever been this exciting? Sure, she had been kidnapped, but she had escaped. She laughed at the thought.

Working with Byron helped her to find a part of herself she didn’t know existed. And she felt closer to her parents than she ever had before. It was invigorating. It was exciting. It was freeing. And it was the only explanation she could come up with. Why else would she be crazy enough to keep going back?

Byron. He was so strong despite everything. And he had been so worried about her. She smiled to herself as she began her walk to Palace court. Under different circumstances they never would have been acquaintances, let alone friends. She felt her heart leaping again, and she frowned. No. She couldn’t. He just was too…

Too what? Handsome? Brilliant? Forgetful. She sighed. Perhaps she did have feelings for him. But what use were they? He was going to forget her again. And again, and again and again until who knows when. He would never remember her, and that stung like cold steel. A deep-set pain, different from the grief she had for her parents. She knew that now. A surprising pain. She didn’t understand it.

These thoughts accompanied her through Kensington Gardens and up the steps of number 27. They weren’t comfortable companions, but she couldn’t be rid of them. She pulled out her key and entered.

She heard shuffling noise coming from a room up the stairs. Perhaps his bedroom? She closed the door behind her and started into the living room. Byron peeked his head out of his room, straightening his tie.

“Mira! I didn’t know if you’d be coming back. I’ll just be a minute.” His head disappeared again. Mira looked around for any new notes. There were none. She sat down on the piano bench and looked out the window, trying to figure out her jumbled emotions and thoughts.

A few minutes passed, and Byron entered wearing a snappy grey suit. He had a spring in his step. Mira turned back to the window to keep her emotions in check. To her surprise, Byron sat on the piano bench next to her and began to play. He started with a simple melody and then added the second hand. He reached across her to play the lower notes. The music calmed her, and she turned around to watch him play. He was completely engrossed by the music, playing from memory, which she found funny. He must have learned the piece before his accident. Whatever it was, it was beautiful. He finished and turned to her.

“Are you alright?”

“What? Me? Yes, I am.”

“You don’t seem like it.”

“Well, I’m fine.”

“Very well. I assume you are planning on continuing then?”

“Yes.”

“Then let me catch you up on what’s happened.

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