Not Quite a Lady by Margo Maguire

Author:Margo Maguire
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 0
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Sam awoke in a cold sweat.

It was well before dawn, but he knew that further sleep would elude him, at least for tonight. The dreams haunted him—hands holding him down, poking with sharp sticks, pulling and tearing… Sam’s fingertips throbbed with the memory of his nails being pulled out while his comrades had been forced to watch. And for what reason?

To strip the westerners of their manhood as their captors slowly killed them? If that was it, the Mahdi’s men had succeeded very well. Sam was the only one of his party to survive—if anyone could say that the life he had now was worth living.

He had to get outside, into the fresh, clean air.

Desperate to get out of the confines of his dark room, he threw on some clothes and slipped out, making his way quietly through the dark halls. No one else was astir.

A few moments later, he let himself out the door leading to the back garden and stood still, taking in a deep lungful of flower-scented air. Only then was he able to stop shaking.

Morning stars filled the sky and the sight of them eased his heart. There had been a time when he thought he’d never see the sky again, never hear English spoken, never again touch a beautiful woman.

He supposed he ought to be grateful for the first two, but he’d become greedy in the days since his arrival at Ravenwell. He wanted Lilly Tearwater. And he didn’t care if she was a fraud.

In the predawn light, Sam picked his way through the garden and arrived on the path that led through the meadow to the lake. He could have carried some of his equipment and left it at the chestnut tree, but he wanted to walk unfettered, as if he had all the freedom in the world.

Sam was beginning to suspect that his brother had made the ghost wager for more than one purpose. Jack had probably assumed that once Sam left London, he’d be forced to overcome the terrors that plagued him. It was likely that his brother had wanted to push him beyond his secure, comfortable environment.

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