Let the Night Begin by Kathryn Smith

Author:Kathryn Smith [Kathryn Smith]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2008-09-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

She hadn’t told him what they demanded for ransom.

That little neglected piece of information occurred to Reign as they returned to his town house after receiving instructions from the kidnappers. Olivia hadn’t told him and he, idiot that he was, hadn’t asked.

That he allowed himself to be so deliberately obtuse where she was concerned should worry him more than it did. He didn’t trust her, but he would never forgive himself if something happened to her when he might have prevented it.

Plus, if she wanted him dead, she would have tried killing him by now. That didn’t mean that she didn’t have some part for him to play in this charade. If he knew his wife, she was saving whatever she had in store for him till last.

Six hundred years of living had made him rather blasé about life. It wasn’t that he looked forward to death, but it didn’t drive him like it used to when he was human and lived every day like it might be his last. He wasn’t totally stupid, however. When Olivia started acting really strange, he would know to be on his guard. And in his heart he hoped that she would have second thoughts before that became necessary.

Watson attended them in the foyer. He was a thin man of medium height with curly blond hair and bright blue eyes. Reign always thought he was too good-natured to be a proper butler, but the boy had proved damned good at his post.

“There’s a young man waiting for you in the parlor, sir.”

“At this hour?” Reign scowled at his pocket watch. “Who the hell is it?”

“Mr. George Haversham, sir.”

Olivia clutched at his arm. “That’s one of boys James was with when he was abducted.”

One of Dashbrooke’s group, then. They had yet to call on Dashbrooke, and he had not been in touch. Perhaps Haversham was there to ferret out information.

“Thank you, Watson. We’ll join him.” He cast a glance at Olivia who was still holding the envelope found in their carriage. “Give that to me. I don’t want Haversham to see it.”

She didn’t question him and he hadn’t expected her to. She simply passed the envelope to him. Ornery and difficult she might be at times, but she had sense. He tucked it inside his waistcoat. “Let’s see what young Mr. Haversham wants.”

“Do you think he has information about James?” Olivia asked, taking his arm as they walked down the corridor.

“I doubt it. More he wants to discover what we know—find out if we blame Dashbrooke.”

“You think he’s a spy, then?”

“Yes.”

He saw her watching him out of the corner of his eye. “I think you are more suspicious of people than I am.”

“Perhaps I lost my trust when I lost my humanity.” He had not forgotten the remark she made to him about trying so hard to remember what it was like to be human. She was probably right, but he wasn’t going to admit to it.

She turned her attention to the wall closest

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