Duked by Gina Robinson

Author:Gina Robinson [Robinson, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Three Jays Press LLC
Published: 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

I was exhausted, but I couldn't sleep. Being all alone in my bridal bed with memories of the night before with Ren was just too pathetic. I couldn't remember his touch without burning with lust.

The mystery surrounding Ren consumed me. Had Manly left him a secret letter or not? Worse, the facts I'd discovered about the accident had formed into a theory, the only one that made any kind of sense—Zoe driving the car deliberately into the river, the doors being locked. A suicide pact? Was Will's overdose part of it? An overdose, whether it was alcohol or something more, was the only explanation for Will passing out and being unresponsive. Had Ren decided at the last moment he wanted to live? Then how did the car doors get locked behind him?

There was more to this story, but Ren wasn't talking. My first clumsy attempt to bring it up had momentarily alienated him. No, I decided. The direct approach wasn't going to work with him. I was going to have to solve this and discover the truth without him. Once I knew the truth, then I could decide what to do. And whether I wanted to stay with Ren.

Unable to sleep, I got out of bed and threw a sweatshirt on. There were monsters everywhere in this castle. I could either cower in bed or face them in person. A stroll usually cleared my head, and there were plenty of halls to walk.

As I went past each unoccupied room down the hall, I opened the door and peeked into the darkness, trying to see the rooms as potential guests would. Trying to picture the plans we had for them in action. If we were going to push the castle as the most haunted bed-and-breakfast castle in the country, it should look beautiful in the daylight and positively frightening at night. That was what I'd told the architects and designers as we began the planning stages of the room renovations months ago. Everything should be designed to cast long, scary shadows, to catch any movement, to startle and delight.

I didn't want a gothic amusement-park feel to the castle by day. I envisioned a classic, elegant castle experience with nighttime scares.

We'd managed to get the plans drawn up and the permits passed through prior to the wedding. Manly and I had planned to start remodeling on Monday. All that was on hold for now. I'd have to grieve until after the funeral at least. The schedule was tight if we were going to be up and running by Halloween, which, face it, was our holiday. I couldn't afford any delays, but I really had no choice. Even though I wasn't Manly's bride, the community would expect a certain decorous mourning period. We weren't living in the Victorian period, fortunately. But I had to put on a show for this week.

I opened door after door, surprisingly unafraid of running into any of the castle's infamous ghosts. None of them, except maybe the white lady, really frightened me.

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