Seducing the Ruthless Rogue by Tammy Jo Burns

Author:Tammy Jo Burns [Burns, Tammy Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Regency Romance, Scottish Historical Romance, Historical Spy Romance
Amazon: B00OOIRSI6
Publisher: Tammy Jo Burns
Published: 2014-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The rest of the ball was uneventful, unfortunately. Cassie knew that only meant word would spread among the beau monde of her impending nuptials to Stuart McKenzie. She would go from being a nobody to a somebody very quickly. They remained silent during the ride home in the borrowed Hawkescliffe carriage. Cassie refused to look at the two men who occupied the carriage with her. The inside of the carriage was briefly illuminated and a loud thunderclap soon followed. She jumped with the sound.

“It’s just a storm,” Mack said.

“You think I don’t know that?”

“She doesn’t care for storms,” her father said. “Ever since…”

“Papa.” She attempted to glare at him, but it lost its affect in the darkness of the interior.

“He’s going to be your husband.”

Another streak of lightning lit the sky followed shortly by a clap of thunder. “That remains to be seen.” The carriage came to a stop. “Goodnight, Director McKenzie.” Before he could react, she opened the carriage door and exited, leaving her father and Mack behind.

“What was that about?” Mack asked. “Besides the obvious, that is,” he clarified. The two men watched her enter the house and slam the door.

“Cassie hates thunderstorms.”

“And why is that?”

“My wife was killed when she was struck by lightening. Cassie was with her when it happened. Ever since, Cassie has been jumpy and nervous during thunderstorms. Chang usually gives her a special tea that helps her sleep if they roll in during the night.”

“I see.”

“McKenzie, she is going to test you every way imaginable. She is headstrong and willful. You’re going to have your hands full with her.”

“She will ken what she can and cannot do by the time I’m through with her.”

Sir Graham’s laughter was accentuated by another thunderclap.

“What do you find so hilarious?” Mack questioned.

“If you take that attitude with her, one of you will likely end up in a grave by the other’s hand,” her father predicted.

“Perhaps we will do away with each other at the same time.”

“There is always that. Perhaps I did not think things through as well as I thought,” Sir Graham mused.

“Do you mean you somehow planned this?” Mack asked, incredulity and anger lacing his voice.

“Let’s just say that when an opportunity presented itself…” he let the comment drift off.

“I can’t believe you,” Mack growled just as a lightning strike lit the interior of the carriage. The light and shadows played off his face, making him look like an angry monster. “I hope you have not told your daughter this news.”

“I have.”

“No wonder she’s so angry. I think you should go in there and beg Cassie for forgiveness.”

“You’ll still marry her?” Sir Graham asked, a tinge of worry in his voice.

“It’s too late to do otherwise. Goodnight, Sir Graham.”

“McKenzie.”

Mack watched the older man enter the house as the first fat drops of rain splattered followed by a lightning bolt and a clap of thunder.

“Take me home,” he instructed the driver. “This is not a night for man or beast to be out.”

“Yes, sir,” the driver called and the coach began to move briskly through the streets.

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