Game of Vampires: A Reverse Harem Serial (Part Two) by Rosette Bolter

Author:Rosette Bolter [Bolter, Rosette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

The ride was further than the driver implied it was. The window open, Theresa peered out and watched the forest terrain become thicker and thicker. The air colder. The wind breezier.

She closed the window and leaned back, unsettled. She was way off course now. Poor Lord Fane, counting on her to bring back the Necromancer so they could revive and Princess and prevent a war. And what had she done in that time? Had a romantic walk with Lafayette, shacked up with Harland, and now she was going into the middle of nowhere with the carriage driver. What if he had ideas? It wasn’t out of the question, surely. In fact, he must have those thoughts. Assuming … he wasn’t married of course.

Theresa sighed. She still had the small bag Lord Fane had given her. With the glowing orb that answered questions. Was it time to ask another? And if so, which question should it be?

Theresa hated not knowing.

She reached into the bag, feeling the orb’s aura as her fingers touched it.

But then the carriage came to a sudden stop. And it was time to get out.

Theresa pushed open the coach’s door and stepped down to the ground without the driver’s help. Theresa saw he had brought to the lookout as intended. She began ascending the steep hill that forked round, so that it was facing the town.

The driver hurried along beside her.

“You don’t mind if I join you, do you?” he asked.

Theresa glanced at him. “What’s your name?”

“Samuel Witherstein. A middle child of three sons –”

“Alright, I don’t need your life story.”

They continued on, the gravel trudged underneath.

“I don’t mean to pry,” Samuel the driver said. “But I might wonder what has happened to Lord Fane. It seems one as wise as he would have the answer to these difficulties you’re facing.”

“Lord Fane has his hands full at the moment,” Theresa answered. “Might I ask you a question?”

“Certainly, my Lady.”

“How did you know my name was Theresa? Were you eavesdropping on Lord Fane and I?”

“No, mam. I’ve merely seen you in the servant quarters back at the Princess’s castle.”

“Oh.”

“I’ve been one of her stage drivers for a good five years. I remember when they brought you in. Your whole family butchered to death in battle I was told.”

“Butchered…”

“Something graphic no doubt. Didn’t mean to bring it up. It’s just that we all really felt for you when we found out what had happened.”

“Let me ask you something, Samuel.”

“Yes?”

“In all your time at the castle, did you ever see anything like today?”

“How do you mean?”

“I mean –” Theresa stopped midsentence as they reached the top. She walked out the wooden barrier. Rested her elbows across it. “I mean, have you ever seen the Princess send out one of the servants like she’d done with me today?”

“No, nothing like that,” Samuel said standing beside her. “Rumors went around I dare say, shortly after you were summoned to her chambers this morning. The other nurses. The kitchen staff and groundskeepers. We all were hoping you might say something to Lord Fane.

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