The Lady and the Falconer by Laurel O'Donnell

Author:Laurel O'Donnell [O'Donnell, Laurel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Historical romance, romance novels, romance adventure, medieval romance, romance ebooks, romance books, romance author
ISBN: 9780821759530
Google: 82zgphEtLpgC
Amazon: B004ZSDK9G
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Published: 1998-07-05T21:00:00+00:00

Barclay chuckled, seizing her wrist and withdrawing it. “What a lusty wench you are.”

Logan jerked forward. Now was his moment. Barclay was defenseless. He could easily strangle the life out of him. Break his neck. Bash his skull into the stone wall. Logan’s eyes narrowed. But Beth would call out for help, and two armed guards lurked just outside the room. He glanced at Solace. He had to see her safely away from the castle. His revenge would have to wait. Again.

Logan slowly pulled Solace from the room, quietly closing the secret passage’s door. He had seen enough. Seen enough to turn his stomach. That woman had no morals. The man had just killed her mother and she was lying with him!

“Why?” Solace asked. “Why would she do that?”

Logan had to admit he didn’t have the answer. He shook his head. “We can’t stay here,” he advised.

For a long moment, Solace said nothing. Logan tried to see her face, tried to read her dilemma. He knew she didn’t trust him. And he knew he should trust her even less. Could he travel with a companion who might turn him in at any moment? Knowing that she might stab him in the back?

He knew he could never leave her here.

Finally, she nodded her head. “Yes. We have to leave.”

Relief coursed through Logan. But it was tinged with something else. Warning. Was she coming with him to seek her own revenge? Did the same vengeance that had consumed him in the past now eat away at her?

He took her elbow and guided her through the dark passages, then down a narrow stairway leading straight into a solid stone wall. He was grateful he and Peter had played games in the hidden tunnels, pretending they were chasing down villainous thugs, because now all the twisting turns easily came back to him.

Peter. Logan hoped he had survived the attack. He thought how ironic it was that he spent months agonizing over his brother’s safety only to find Peter had chosen to work as a soldier in the enemy’s army. Peter has chosen his own path to travel, Logan thought. As have I.

Logan quickly pushed one of the stones set into the wall, and the wall slowly moved away from them, revealing a crack just wide enough for a man to pass. Logan moved through, pulling Solace with him.

His pace increased as he moved through the new set of tunnels. Barclay must know we’re gone by now, he thought. It won’t be long before he has men searching these corridors.

Finally, Logan pushed a wall open an inch, scanned an empty room and shoved the wall open farther. He signaled for Solace to wait, then dashed into the room and quickly grabbed a rope that hung on the wall before rushing back into the corridor.

When they finally emerged from the darkness of the secret passageways, they were in Alissa’s room. Logan quickly tied one end of the rope around the bedpost and fastened the other end around Solace’s thin waist.

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