Moonlight, Roses & Murder by Lorri Moulton & Anna-Violetta Carsini

Author:Lorri Moulton & Anna-Violetta Carsini
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Murder Mystery, Woman Sleuth, paranormal romance, Romantic Suspense, thriller paranormal, Shifters, Vampires, Suspense fantasy, thriller suspense, Women's Fiction
Publisher: Lavender Lass Books
Published: 2019-10-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Damian didn’t say anything, waiting for Selina to continue. After a few moments, he reached over and held her hand. “Finish the story, Cara Mia.”

Selina nodded and took a deep breath. “Apollonia asked me to become friends with Diana. She was the first one, who had ever sought out our help. Looking back, I believe Apollonia was a little suspicious of our new guest and she had good reason to be.”

“Diana stayed with us for almost nine months and in that time, she became the best friend I’d ever had.” Selina stood up and walked over to the fire. “The first day I saw her, she reminded me of my sister Emilie. The same blonde hair, the same vivacity...even though she was a little taller and her eyes were green rather than blue. At first, I think that’s why I trusted her so completely. Later when we got to really know each other, we joked that we were two sides of the same coin. She was blonde, I was brunette. She had grown up poor, whereas my family had been wealthy. She was bold while I was careful...but together, we balanced each other. And we were both becoming increasingly concerned that the girls were not living the life they deserved.”

Selina drank some more of her wine. “Apollonia had changed a lot during those five years, becoming increasingly convinced that we had somehow brought this upon ourselves. That this curse was our punishment for some sin we must have committed. I explained to her that while I may have been foolish to think Angelo cared for me, I had done nothing to deserve this life.”

“Diana told me she had seen this type of behavior in Paris. Once the guillotine started separating aristocrats from their heads, many tried to say they had brought this on themselves. Well, maybe some had, but Diana had seen women and even children sacrificed to that insanity. She did not believe that they could possibly have done anything to deserve such a fate.”

Selina stared into her wine glass. “We decided something had to be done. I asked Apollonia if we could take the girls out of the castello. Maybe let them visit the town or even go to school with the other children. Unlike ourselves, they had shown none of the signs of being turned. I wasn’t even sure they’d been infected until later.”

She sighed. “Apollonia thanked me for my concern, but she made it very clear that while I could leave any time that I chose, the girls were to stay with her. She was going to raise them to have the proper respect for their faith. When I told Diana, she became very upset. How could Apollonia be so blind? Didn’t she realize that the girls would never have anything like a normal life while closed up in that prison?”

Selina started pacing back and forth. “That’s when I realized Diana didn’t want to stay with us. When I asked her about it, she said she’d expected something else and now she didn’t think Apollonia would be able to help her.

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