For Love of a Vampire by Eileen Sheehan

Author:Eileen Sheehan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: time travel, vampire romance, spells, eighteenth century, witch craft, vampire battles, witch and magic
Publisher: Earth Wise Books

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Duncan and his father had business with the tenants on the estate to tend to and weren’t expected home for a few days. He’d met me for mid-morning tea to explain how trouble was brewing between tenants on the far end of the estate and the estate manager requested their assistance. The explanation of what type of trouble wasn’t volunteered, and I never bothered to ask. My mind was still whirling from my meeting with the very handsome Lord Rufus and I was finding matters of the estate difficult to focus on. Plus, did it really matter in the scope of things what happened to the estate? After all, Duncan and I would be finding a way back to the future soon and all that went on in the eighteenth century would be insignificant. All I remembered was that the estate consisted of two thousand acres and they had to go to the very far end of it. At best it was a one-day ride, but usually two.

Although I longed to take dinner in my room, Lord Collier requested I dine with his guests as their representative in their absence. He was regretfully leaving a small party of associates who he’d invited to spend the week, but there was no way around it. Since they were fully aware of both Lady Margaret’s return and my existence, he expected us both to entertain in his and Lord Duncan’s absence.

She sat at the head of the table in the earl’s place while I mixed myself into the middle of the group. I had no desire to stand out in the crowd. Of course, Lady Lilith was in attendance and so was her glower, only this time it was aimed in the right direction. It seemed there was more than the rival for Duncan between the two. Had that been the case, and having heard the rumor of Duncan and my love tryst -and with the absence of her guardian- she surely would have been throwing eating utensils at me like darts. We were just being seated at our respective places when Lady Lilith shocked the dinner party by asking the dowdy looking Lord Dunbar to switch seats with me so that I would be seated directly next to her. A hush came over the room as he obliged.

I wasn’t sure if it was the wisest idea, but I went along with her request and took the seat next to her. Since I wasn’t all that hungry, I guessed it didn’t matter if my dinner was ruined by her sour, biting conversation. To my surprise, it was anything but. Other than the cutting looks she sent to the opposite end of the enormously long table, she was the epitome of politeness.

She questioned me on how I was enjoying my stay at Winterspring. She shared some enjoyable anecdotes about her childhood growing up with Duncan. We touched a bit on my relationship with him, but I was quick to change the subject to something more neutral considering the company we were in.

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