Seductive Danger: Sinclair and Raven Series by Vella Wendy

Author:Vella, Wendy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vella Ink
Published: 2019-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“Is your arm sore?” Isabella asked him.

“No, it aches sometimes but is much better, thank you.”

“I’m sorry it hurts. I cut my finger once and cried. Did you cry?”

“Yes, but I’d rather you didn’t tell anyone that.”

She snuffled. “I like secrets.”

“I bet.”

“There are not many in a family as large as ours.”

“I can imagine.”

She chatted as they walked and gave him names for people she knew as they passed, and then there she was. Kate Sinclair with her beautiful eyes.

“That’s Mrs. Radcliff. She’s been in the kissing booth for many years, Papa told me. He thinks she’s close to one hundred years old now.”

Looking at the other booths, he found the Duchess of Raven and another… presumably Mrs. Radcliff.

The woman’s face looked like a worn leather boot. Winkles from forehead to chin, and he’d lay good odds on her having no teeth in that mouth, as it seemed to fold in on itself. Her shoulders were stooped, and around them lay a thick shawl.

“She raises a lot of money each year for the local families.”

“Really?”

“Uncle Dev said the men are too scared not to go to her booth as she may turn them into frogs.”

“How is she supposed to do that?” Rory asked.

“She knows everything, and Uncle Dev said he wouldn’t be surprised if she wasn’t a witch.”

Rory shot a look left and right to see if anyone had heard the little girl. No one appeared to be listening.

“I’m not sure it’s right to call someone a witch… ah, in that context at least, Isabella.”

“The last witch was burned in 1684, Uncle Rory.”

“Oh… well then.”

“God’s blood, Jimmy Tait, if you kiss your girl like that it’s hardly surprising she’s a sour countenance on her from sunup to sundown!”

All eyes turned to Mrs. Radcliff. She was speaking to the man before her.

“It’s a peck on the cheek, boy, you’ve no need to open your mouth so wide. It’s like kissing a codfish.”

Jimmy Tait was now as red as a beet, and everyone nearby was laughing.

“Line up.”

“Pardon?” He looked down at Isabella.

“We must line up to give Kate her fudge. You can kiss her.”

“Well, you can certainly line up. I’ll wait.”

“Don’t you want to kiss her?”

More than you can imagine.

“There are surely enough men here already waiting to kiss her. She doesn’t need more.”

Isabella ignored him and tugged them into the line, then proceeded to explain in detail about how annoying her siblings and younger cousins were.

“Meredith breaks my things.”

“Then put them somewhere she can’t reach.” Rory watched as Kate leaned forward so the next man could kiss her. He put both hands on her cheeks. Surely that was far too intimate for a peck on the cheek? She should not be allowing that. Where was her brother? Rory looked for Wolf.

“She climbs up to get them.” Isabella was swinging his hand now.

“Get someone to make you a large box and put a lock on it.” Rory still had his eyes on Kate. The man was saying something to her now, and Kate was shaking her head.

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