In the Company of Men Boxed Set by Lynn Lorenz

Author:Lynn Lorenz [Lorenz, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Gay Historical Romance
Publisher: The Hartwood Publishing Group
Published: 2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Will staggered across the hall and into his room. As he fell back against the door and locked it, the anguish he'd held inside burst from him. He slid to the floor as soundless sobs of grief racked his body, and his fists pounded against the stones of the walls.

When there was nothing left but darkness and despair, Will lay curled tight on the cold floor of his room, alone and broken. Devastated. Destroyed.

Long after the sun had risen in his window, Will pushed himself upright, went to his desk, and fell into the chair.

He pulled out parchment and ink, quill and wax, and wrote the first letter in the search to find a wife for the man he could not deny.

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“Wallace. Have you read this letter from Will?” Lady Ellen thrust out a parchment toward her husband as she strode across the floor of the great hall.

Wallace looked up. “No, it was to you, not me.” He waved his hand at her.

Her beautiful face frowned, brows knitted together, chin quivering. It was not good news that made her react in such a manner.

“What does it say? Bad news?” He stood and met her halfway, taking the parchment from her. He read it over, read it again, and then met her worried gaze.

“Find him a wife?” Wallace gasped. “Has Jackson lost his mind?”

“Oh, Wallace. Poor Will.” She put a knuckle in her mouth and bit it as tears filled her eyes.

“This is…” Words failed Wallace.

“What must Will be going through?” She shook her head. “We have to help him—this is our fault.”

“Our fault?” Wallace jerked back. “What mean you?”

“You saw Jackson. How he held the babes? It must have given him these thoughts of children, family. Now he wants one of his own.”

“And why shouldn't he have one?” Wallace's father's voice boomed from the stairs. “He's the duke. He should be married and have an heir. Perhaps then, William will return home to us where he belongs.”

“Father.” Wallace sighed. “Will belongs with Jackson, you know that.”

“I know nothing about that. But once Jackson takes a wife to his bed, I dare say there will not be room for more than two,” Walter Holcombe declared.

Ignoring the elder Holcombe, Ellen turned to her husband. “Will must be devastated. But he's determined to find a wife suitable for his duke and asks my help.”

“Good. Fair Ellen, find Baymore a wife and tell our William to come home.” Their father gave a sharp nod, turned, and climbed the stairs to his rooms, leaving Wallace and Ellen alone.

“Will you?” Wallace took Ellen's hand and gave it a squeeze. “Do you know of someone? What woman of good family would be willing to wed into such a house?”

Ellen stared into the flames of the hearth. “A woman with no other choice.” She gave Wallace a quick kiss. “I need to write a letter.”

“To Will?”

“No, not yet.” She shook her head and strode to the stairs.

“To who?” Wallace called after her.

She stopped on the stair and turned back to him.

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