Lord (Noble's Luck Book 2) by Mel Todd

Author:Mel Todd [Todd, Mel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bad Ash Publishing
Published: 2025-02-17T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Four

Tuesday, June 20th

Tuesday I made it home, exhausted, but at least I thought I could handle having dinner with Silas and father. As such, I made a bit of effort to change for dinner and headed down. Father questioned Silas about the social club he joined, which gave me a spurt of envy that died quickly. I had no desire to deal with clubs. Too much competition and not of the sort I preferred.

The earl switched his attention to me with narrowed eyes. But frankly, I was too tired to care about approval or disdain.

"I must say I am rather pleased with the initiative you've shown, Duncan. I thought I would lose that loom, but instead, you've upped our production by a large amount, and the new fabric patterns are already proving to be very popular. When will you show someone else how to do it so you can quit acting like a lowly workman?"

There was no way to tell him it was magic letting me do what I was doing to the looms, so I deflected the comment. "It is extremely complicated and detailed. At this point, I don't believe there are any people in your employ that could build them. After all, you didn't build or create any of the looms you are currently using, did you?"

The look of sour apples on his face let me know the barb had hit. "True. Those were all ordered and shipped here. As far as I know, they were even set up the first time here. We had nothing to do with their assembly."

That would give me the leverage I needed. "Which is why I need to be involved. It is interesting though, and I'm seeing other areas I could improve that would never have occurred to me had I not been in there on a daily basis."

"Oh, very well. But make sure those workers know you are not one of them. You are not there to be their friend." He still sounded disapproving, but it wasn't as obvious as normal.

The image of Sarah flashed across my face, and I dropped my head to focus on the table. There was no way I wanted any of my emotions to be even hinted at. Besides, she was sweet on someone else. "I doubt that will be an issue," was my only comment.

I was surprised when the topic of magic came up, this time wild rumours about magic users in the paper. Time to read the paper seemed like a luxury, but apparently I had missed something changing about public opinion. I would need to check it out, before I fell asleep, hopefully.

"This magic stuff. I am unsure if it is the way the nation should go. It has suddenly appeared. What if we start to depend on it and it disappears? That is very unwise. At best, those with these so-called powers should be pulled into service for the Crown and used. If the powers are not harnessed, how will we know how to control those that have them?" Father huffed out a growl as if it was a personal affront.

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