Spellbound by Claire Delacroix & Jane Charles & Claudia Dain

Author:Claire Delacroix & Jane Charles & Claudia Dain [Delacroix, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-311-33989-8
Publisher: AVAST0NEinc

“Not for long,” Redgrave announced. “Have Martha pack your trunks, Charlotte, we are returning home.”

No, Adam wanted to shout. He couldn’t explain it, but Adam was convinced that Charlotte was in danger, not only in the castle, but away from him. If she returned to her home, he’d not be able to protect her there, not that she should need his protection away from Keyvnor, but his gut warned him not to let her go, no matter what.

“What are you going to tell our parents?” Lord Michael demanded. “They won’t believe the truth.”

“She’ll stay with me,” Adam blurted out as his hand tightened at her waist.

Redgrave and Lord Michael whipped their heads around. Redgrave’s eyes widened, and Lord Michael’s mouth dropped open. Their expressions were a mixture of surprise and suspicion. They’d known him since Eton and never questioned his honor before. Was it because he’d come to call on their sister, or because he was part Gypsy, or both?

“I’m not letting my little sister go off with you,” Lord Michael argued.

“Yes, you will, because I’m going as well,” Redgrave interrupted, then focused on Charlotte. “Pack enough for tonight and tomorrow. The rest can be sent,” Redgrave ordered. “Charlotte, we will not spend another night here, and you will keep that talisman exactly where it is until we are free of this place.”

The decision should make him easier about Charlotte’s safety, but Adam’s gut warned that this was not over. Maybe once they left the castle his unease would disappear, but Adam doubted it.

“I’ll escort you to your chamber.” Lord Michael pulled Charlotte from Adam before lifting an eyebrow in warning. It was all Adam could do to keep from grabbing her back to him.

When had Charlotte become so important to him? And why did he feel it was up to him to see to her safety and not her brothers? They barely knew one another. They’d shared a carriage and he’d called on her today, but it wasn’t as if they’d been acquainted for years or he was courting her. Yet, Adam could not let go of the feeling that Charlotte belonged to him and that he was meant to protect her.

Adam followed Lord Michael and Charlotte through the dark, haunted corridors of Castle Keyvnor. He’d never been above stairs because there’d been no cause.

The castle was huge, curved, going on and on, with places where you needed to go down before you could go up again. All throughout were sections from icy cold to warm and comforting. Charlotte shivered each time they stepped in frigid air but made no comment. Adam knew exactly what those spots were, but said nothing. She and Redgrave were already worried about one ghost, they didn’t need to be concerned about the half dozen harmless ones they’d just encountered on the way to her chambers.

Finally, they stopped and Lord Michael opened the door for Charlotte, gave instructions to her maid, and then stepped back out, closing the door.

Should he stand here and wait

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