The Hayley Argent Mysteries, Books 1 - 4 by Ruby Loren

Author:Ruby Loren [Loren, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

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“Romani Hawley-Jones on Starling’s Summer!” The announcer called out. Hayley would have loved to watch her friend ride into the ring on Thunder, but she had her sights set elsewhere. Jack and Russell turned from their conversation in front of her and looked towards the arena where Romani was now getting ready to do her round.

“What is she doing on my horse?” Hayley heard Russell say. Next to him, Jack was silent. “Is this why you wouldn’t let me ride him and put me out there on that cheap hack? You told me he’d gone lame!” Russell turned to Jack and Hayley felt everything she knew get wiped away.

He didn’t know.

He didn’t know that he was riding a stolen horse.

“Interesting,” Danny commented, loudly enough to make the pair turn around. Russell’s skin immediately flushed purple and he opened his mouth to no doubt bellow an accusation at Danny but Hayley’s eyes were on Jack.

“It was you. You’re the one who broke Darkening Dawn out of his stall that night, hoping he’d run away. You did it because you knew who he really was. You're the thief,” she said and Jack’s eyes darted between her and Danny. Hayley suddenly realised that the scrap of fabric she’d found must have come from Jack's shirt - the red and blue flannel.

“Clear round!” The announcer’s voice rang out in the background but Hayley hardly heard the cheer.

“What is she talking about?” Russell said, clearly expecting Jack to put them right. “If anyone’s a thief, it’s the gypsy. His horse is a dead ringer for Thunder! And to think I was all for giving you a chance to come clean…"

“I was in trouble and I didn’t know what to do… I’m sorry,” Jack said and all the colour drained from Russell’s face. Jack gave one more apologetic look towards Hayley and then turned to run, colliding with the large physique of Lord Darlington.

Two burly looking lads appeared and grasped one arm each, keeping Jack from running.

“I think you’ve got a lot of explaining to do,” Lord Darlington said and Jack looked down at the ground.

“I’m a gambler. When I was younger, I got into trouble at the races and needed a way out. I became part of a horse smuggling ring… groups of us would steal and then ship away horses to wealthy Arab owners who wanted breeding and riding stock from Britain. I got into trouble again really recently but then Russell said he was looking for a horse and he thought I had contacts abroad. I’d told him all these stories about racing across deserts and so on. He thought I could ship him something from out there and I said I could do it. I planned to take Thunder In The Night for Russell, knowing he was the perfect horse. Starling's Summer was… more of an accident. Russell told me his plans for his new horse so before I stole Thunder I realised I should check out your stables and see if it was too high profile to work.

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