Felicia's Spirits by Marie Higgins

Author:Marie Higgins [Higgins, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marie Higgins
Published: 2018-05-01T05:00:00+00:00

TEN

The other men Felicia had talked with this evening during their dance, weren’t anything like Bash. She’d been comparing all men to him since they’d met in Devonshire, and the others came up lacking. Some were better looking, but then they had personalities of a wet rag. Some made her laugh, but nothing like the way Bash could do. There were men who treated her like a fine China doll, and yet, they were so boring, she nearly fell asleep taking to them.

Indeed, Sebastian Harrington was the perfect man for her... as long as she could make him trust her again. And she would!

She’d hoped that by helping Bash with the description of Mortimer, that he would see how hard she was trying to be honest. And thanks to her spirit-friend, Mrs. Louisa Pettington, she had reminded Felicia of some of his other flaws that she’d seemed to overlook. Of course, after Louisa had told Felicia, and she related the description to Bash, he looked at her differently, as though he knew she’d been listening to Louisa. At first, it frightened Felicia, because she didn’t want him thinking she was insane, but thankfully, he didn’t say anything about it.

The dance ended with... some man whose name she couldn’t remember, and she thanked him and stepped back to the wall. Within seconds, another tall, handsome Italian, wearing a finely tailored suit on his thin frame, walked up to her and requested the next dance.

Giving him a polite smile, she allowed him to take her hand and lead her to the dance floor. As they danced, she realized he hadn’t told her his name – or if he had, she’d forgotten it.

After he’d asked her if she was enjoying herself, his gaze darted around the room, suspiciously. The hairs on the back of her neck rose as eeriness crawled over her. Strange, that she would get that reaction from just watching his face. When his attention moved back to hers, he narrowed his gaze and leaned closer.

“I have a message for you,” he said.

Her heartbeat thudded with wariness. “You do?”

He nodded. “From Mortimer.”

She held her breath. Bash was correct when he’d told her that Mortimer knew she was in Italy. “Wh-what is the message?”

“He wants to meet you in private.” He emphasized the last word. “And he doesn’t want you to tell anyone, especially not your lover, Mr. Harrington.”

She hitched a breath. Lover? Apparently, Mortimer wasn’t up to date on his information. “Why does he want to meet me? I don’t work for him, any longer.”

An evil grin stretched across the man’s mouth. “I’m surprised you haven’t figured it out by now, but once you work for Mortimer, you can never retire.”

Tears stung her eyes as she pictured her mother. Indeed, Mortimer had her. She was probably tied up and in a dark room. What did he want with Felicia? Had he kidnapped her mother to get to her? Mortimer knew her mother wouldn’t make a good field agent, not any longer. There was no reason to keep her mother in his employ.

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