Frederick's Queen: The Clan Graham Series by Suzan Tisdale

Author:Suzan Tisdale
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Historical
Published: 2014-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

SOMETIME LATER, ROSE returned to Aggie’s room. Aggie’s tears had eventually ebbed, but she did not possess the strength to lift her body from the floor where Frederick had left her. Rose rushed to her side, draped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her in.

“Aggie, ye poor thing!” Rose whispered. “All will be well. I’m certain of it. I have faith that Frederick will sort this all out.”

Aggie had no faith in anything at the moment. Frederick had looked horrified when she had finally shared the complete truth with him. He had looked at her as though she were some aberration of nature, some horribly looking creature that didn’t deserve to live.

“N-nay,” Aggie said softy. “He’s t-too angry with m-me to care to help Ailrig.”

Rose twisted her head a bit in order to get a better look at Aggie. “Angry with ye?” She asked curiously. “Surely yer wrong, Aggie. Why would he be so angry with ye that he’ll no’ help Ailrig?”

Other than Frederick, no other living person knew what had happened that awful day. She and her mother had kept the truth hidden from everyone, including Rose. Secrecy was necessary, for Aggie’s safety, as well as Ailrig’s.

Rose gave Aggie a hug and pulled Aggie’s head to rest against her shoulder. “Yer just upset, Aggie, over what Mermadak intends to do. Frederick is no’ mad at ye!”

Aggie hiccuped and shook her head. “N-nay, Rose, ye d-dunna understand the all of it.”

“Well then,” Rose said as she turned Aggie to face her. “Why dunna ye tell me so I can help ye sort it through.”

There was probably no sense in keeping it secret any longer. Frederick now knew the whole ugly truth and would undoubtedly soon be leaving her. He was probably below stairs now, giving word to his men to pack. Silence and secrecy no longer mattered.

Taking a deep, fortifying breath, Aggie began to tell her friend all about that awful day. “T-ten years ago, Rose, I was on m-me way to yer house. Ye remember when ye lived with yer family across the g-glen?”

Rose nodded, her expression growing curious. She remained quiet, allowing Aggie to tell her story.

“I was w-walking through the g-glen, near the edge of the wood. ’Twas a b-beautiful day, ye ken. I was lookin’ forward to seein’ ye, f-fer ye’d been sick fer weeks.”

“I remember,” Rose offered. “I was just recovering from the ague. We were what? Ten and two?”

“T-ten and three,” Aggie corrected. “’Twas such a b-beautiful day. The b-birds were singin’, the lambs and ewes were bleatin’ in the distance….” She turned away from Rose then and stared at a spot on the back of Frederick’s chair. Soon, it was as if she were a young girl of three and ten. An innocent and naive young girl whose only mistake that day was her desire to see a sick friend. Recounting the story she felt just as cold and alone now, as she had then.

Lost as she was in her own little world, she hadn’t seen him until he stepped in the path before her.

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