Karen Marie Moning, Beyond the highland mist..txt by 01 Beyond the highland mist READ ALREADY

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Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-27T02:54:36+00:00

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Like the night Eberhard had died—a night she'd promised herself never to think of again.

She hadn't meant for any of it to happen. She hadn't even known what was going on until the night she'd

finally discovered why Eberhard had been sending her on all those solitary vacations. So lovely and

stupidly gullible. Wasn't that how she'd heard him describe her that night she'd returned unexpectedly

from London, hoping to surprise him?

And surprise him she had.

Slipping in the back door of the garage and into his luxurious home, Adrienne overheard a conversation

not meant for her ears.

A conversation he would have killed her for hearing.

She hadn't called out his name as she'd placed her hand on the door to his den. Gerard's voice carried

clearly through the door.

"Did Rupert meet her in London?"

Adrienne froze. They were talking about her. How had they known that Rupert was in London? She'd

just met him there yesterday. She hadn't even called Eberhard and discussed anything with him yet.

She'd come back on the redeye and it had taken all day and half the night to get home. She pressed her

ear to the door, listening curiously.

Eberhard laughed. "Just as we'd planned. He told her he was in town to buy a gift for his wife. You

know Adrienne, she'd believe anything. She didn't notice a thing when he swapped her luggage. She's so

lovely and gullible. You were right about her from the first, Gerard. She's the perfect pigeon. And she'll

never catch on to what we're doing until it's too late to matter."

Adrienne jerked violently, her hand frozen on the door.

"And when she finally gets caught, Eb? What will you do then?"

Eberhard's laughter chilled her blood. "Ah, that's the beauty of it. They'll dig up the records from the

orphanage. I took the liberty of having them doctored a bit. They now reflect a juvenile delinquent with

a natural inclination toward criminal behavior. She'll take the fall alone. There's not a cop in my fair city

who'd try to pin anything on Mr. Eberhard Darrow Garrett—generous political patron. I never leave the

Kingdom of N'Awlins. She's the one always in and out of the country."

Adrienne's eyes were wide with horror. What was he saying?

Gerard laughed. "We got a huge shipment out in her Mercedes last month, Eb. The Acapulco run was

nothing but brilliant."

Shipment? Adrienne wondered frantically. Shipment of what? She backed soundlessly away from the

door.

Stupid. Gullible. Innocent. What was so bad about being innocent? she wondered as she slunk through

the darkened house, swallowing her sobs. At least there was honor in innocence. At least she never hurt

anyone, never used anyone. So maybe she was a tad… gullible. Maybe she even lacked a bit of common

sense. But she more than made up for it in other departments. She had a good heart. That should count

for something.

Her throat tightened with suppressed tears. Stop it, she chided herself. Focus. Find the queen. Get back

home. They don't make men like the Hawk in the twentieth century, and after the Hawk no man would

ever be a temptation again.

The gatehouse loomed before her. Why hadn't they stopped her? She knew they were still there.

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