One Magic Moment by Kurland Lynn

Author:Kurland, Lynn [Kurland, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Jove
Published: 2011-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

Tess was relieved, several hours later, to find that Lord Payneswick hadn’t changed his mind. She stood at the edge of a room that reminded her so sharply of her own solar—well, Montgomery de Piaget’s solar, actually—at Sedgwick, she could hardly catch her breath. It was as if she’d stepped back in time hundreds of years.

There were a couple of bookcases, of course, tucked discreetly in a corner and filled with all manner of things that looked as if they were hundreds of years old. Tapestries lined the walls and were spread out over the floors. A modest fire burned in the hearth—just hot enough to keep them warm but not hot enough to disturb the delicate tempering of the amazing collection of period instruments residing inside what she was certain were climate-controlled glass cases.

She was joined by Lord Payneswick, of course, as well as Stephen and their earlier savior, the relentless Dave Thompson. Tess watched as John was allowed to remove what she could see from across the room was indeed an amazingly preserved medieval lute. If she hadn’t known better, she might have suspected some plucky time traveler had brought it with him and plopped it down in Payneswick’s private office.

“This ought to be interesting,” Stephen murmured from where he stood next to her.

“Wait until you hear him play,” Tess murmured back.

Stephen took her hand and pulled it into the crook of his elbow. “Well, since you’ve already heard him, maybe you should discreetly take a turn about the room and see what you come up with. We’ll both make lists of what we’ll want further looks at.”

She looked up at him and smiled. “Always the scholar.”

“Darling, it flatters my enormous ego to be an expert in something,” he said with an answering smile. “It’s for damned sure that will never be swordplay—as Kendrick would tell you without being asked. I suppose that leaves me no choice but to pursue books.”

“I’d be careful what you say,” she warned. “Karma has big ears.”

He patted her hand. “Go start at the other end of the room. We’ll meet in the middle and compare notes.”

She tried to, truly, but she kept finding herself distracted by the music. John shot her more than one look that said she should be keeping her nose to the grindstone, as it were, but that didn’t help her much. She did managed to look over a good chunk of the titles in the bookcases and she did identify a few goodies locked in glass cases, but it occurred to her as she looked at them that she had been overlooking the true treasure.

She turned and looked at that treasure, sitting there on a chair with a lute in his hands, giving them all a glimpse into another world.

The thought was so staggering, she lost her breath.

She jumped a little when she realized Dave Thompson was standing next to her. That she hadn’t noticed him getting up to do so said quite a bit about her mental state.

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