Plaid to the Bone by Lee Caroline
Author:Lee, Caroline
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-30T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 7
Things moved quickly.
Here it was, two days after theyâd found the body in the secret passagesâor rather, it had found themâand Leanna and Kenneth were standing side-by-side in the chapel listening to Father John drone on about eternal salvation or whatnot.
It was easier, at times, to stare up at the naughty gargoyle, than look at the body laid out on the slab. But Leannaâs eyes kept being drawn back to that pitiful collection of bones and rags, now wrapped in clean linen.
Kenneth had definitely moved quickly.
After that remarkableâamazing! Wondrous! Life-changing!âinterlude in her chamber, when heâd brought her pleasure with his mouth, heâd stood up, smiled charmingly, and told her he had to get to work. Or mayhap heâd said something else; she hadnât really been able to hear him at the time. Or if she had heard him, she definitely hadnât comprehended his words.
All she knew was that heâd bent down to place a quick kiss on her lipsâif sheâd known he was leaving, she wouldâve grabbed him and made him lingerâstraightened his kilt, then stomped out the door. The real door, not the one to the secret passage.
By the time Leanna had been able to collect herself and rise, he was long gone. It was difficult, dressing herself in such a daze, while her core continued to send out the strangest little pulses, as if to remind her what had happened. But, despite her unsteady legs, sheâd made it to the great hall where Kenneth was already organizing a party to return with him to the secret passage.
Briefly, Leanna had considered accompanying them. After all, she knew the passages better than anyone, didnât she?
But then Kenneth glanced at her and sent her the merest winkâjust a quick flash, something between only the two of themâand her knees had gone weak again.
Likely âtwas best for her to just stay there in the hall, sitting down. Not doing much of anything. Staring at the tapestries, mayhap, with a silly grin on her face.
At least, thatâs what she spent the next hour doing.
Kenneth and his search party were successful, having carried plenty of light, and they brought back this poor soul who was now laid out in the chapel, being prayed over.
Of course, no matter who he was in life, he likely didnât deserve this type of torture. Lucky for him heâs dead, and weâre the ones forced to listen to Father Johnâs droning.
Her whole family was there, and more than a few of the castle servants and clanspeople. That was surprising, considering they had no idea who this person had been in life, but Leanna supposed it was because of the drum.
Aye, along with the skeleton, long trapped in the hidden corridor, Kenneth and his men had found a drum. Very old, the kind held in one hand, but a drum nevertheless.
âTwas obvious to even the most logical and cynical among themâCough-cough-Coira-coughâthat whoever this had been in life, this person had become the Ghostly Drummer of Oliphant Castle in death.
And
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