Masked Promises by Diana Bold

Author:Diana Bold
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 0
Published: 2018-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

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Luke caught Serenity just as she collapsed, sweeping her up in his arms, her heart breaking for her. He hadn’t meant for her to find out this way. He’d wanted to break it to her in the kindest, gentlest way possible.

“Oh, my Lord,” Gemma breathed, hurrying forward and pressing her hand to Serenity’s pale cheek. “Is she all right?”

“What do you care?” Luke snapped, turning around and laying her down gently on the sofa. “You took her child from her and betrayed her at every turn, all while pretending to be her friend.”

Gemma sank back into her chair, tears streaming down her face. “I had to. Don’t you see? Your mother made me! She threatened to cut me off if I didn’t! I had no choice.”

Luke sank to his knees beside Serenity, holding her hand as he finally met Gemma’s shattered gaze. He shook his head in resignation, realizing that she was not the villain here. He knew Gemma well enough to know how powerless she’d always felt. His mother had given her the opportunity to have a home of her own, to have some semblance of control of her life. All he had to do was give her a chance to do the right thing this time.

“Miss Cross, name your price. I will give you whatever you want. All you need do is tell me the entire story. I want to find my child. I want to undo the harm my mother has caused.” He gave her the gentlest smile he could summon. “Please. Help me undo the pain we’ve all caused Serenity and this innocent child.”

Gemma closed her eyes, wringing her hands together as tears streamed down her cheeks. “I don’t know where the girl is, Lucien. I swear I don’t. All I know is that after she was born, Lord Winters took her to a brothel he owned. Miss Hawley’s Gentleman’s Club.”

“A brothel? Dead God. Are you telling me that my baby girl is being raised in a whorehouse? That she could be—” He bit the thought off, horrified to even imagine what his little girl could be enduring at this very moment. He couldn’t even wrap his mind around that, on top of everything else. How could he have failed his child this completely?

Then he remembered something else, something even more troubling. Disguised as Prometheus, his brother Adrian had burned Miss Hawley’s Gentleman’s Club to the ground several months ago. How would he ever find out what he needed to know when the only place he knew to look was gone?

He scrubbed his hand over his face and forced himself to stand, instead of launching himself across the room and strangling Gemma with his bare hands for her part in this. “Thank you, Miss Cross. I will make sure that you are provided for. Please gather Miss Pratt’s things. I’m taking her with me.”

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