Moonlight Square: Books 1-4 (Plus Bonus Prequel Novella) by Gaelen Foley

Author:Gaelen Foley [Foley, Gaelen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Regency Romance
Publisher: Gaelen Foley
Published: 2020-08-28T18:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Revelations Unfold

“So, military man, eh?” Gable’s father said, shaking Connor’s hand. A trim fellow in his sixties, the Earl of Sefton had salt-and-pepper hair and a shrewd, searching gaze behind his spectacles. “I was pleased to hear your inclinations lean Tory. Though perhaps not on the Irish question, eh?”

“Father,” said Gable, “I did not bring Amberley here today to speak about politics. Not yet.” He shut the door to the earl’s wood-paneled office.

“Oh?” Lord Sefton gestured to a seat in front of his huge oak desk.

Connor nodded in thanks and flipped the tails of his riding coat out of the way as he took the leather chair on the right. Gable drifted over and dropped into the chair beside him.

The two of them had made it to the earl’s fine house in St. James’s without incident, though the skies had gone gunmetal gray on the way over. Having secured Hurricane in an extra box-stall, they had no sooner stepped out of the stable into the cobbled mews when the brewing storm broke.

Then they’d run for the house, pelted by raindrops.

Gable had laughed, said it helped to wake him up.

Now the deluge pounded against the wide window behind the earl’s huge oak desk. As Gable glanced over his shoulder in expectation of the tea the butler had offered, Connor supposed it would have been all rather cozy if he were not worried about Maggie.

Perhaps he was becoming a proper mother hen, but he hoped the ladies had made it back to Moonlight Square safe and sound.

“No,” Gable said, “I’m afraid the reason Amberley needs to talk to you is a bit more serious than the vote of the day.”

“Well, that sounds mysterious.” Sefton glanced from his son to Connor. “What can I do for you boys?”

“Someone’s trying to kill him,” Gable informed his sire, gesturing at Connor.

“Really?” the earl asked. His eyebrows lifted. “Whatever for?”

“That’s what I’m trying to find out, sir,” Connor answered in a hard tone.

“This needs to remain confidential, Father,” Gable added.

“Of course,” said Sefton.

Gable began to explain. Having taken the man’s measure and decided that he trusted the suave, quiet viscount, Connor had explained his situation in full on the way here.

Gable had been startled, but vowed to assist however he could, and had honored Connor’s injunction against telling anyone else except his father, at least for now.

“You needn’t worry about him saying anything, either,” Gable had assured him. “Ol’ Sefton’s known to be a very vault. You wouldn’t believe what my father knows about people in this town, actually. You’ll definitely be speaking to the right man. I’m so glad you told me.”

“Me too,” Connor had said. “I am in your debt.”

“Nonsense,” Gable had answered. “We’re neighbors.”

Presently, between the two of them, Gable doing most of the talking, they finished telling the earl about the two attempts on Connor’s life. Sefton asked a few sensible questions, then sat in silence for a moment.

“Well, I’m sorry to say that positions of power do invite the hatred of the jealous now and then.

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