The Moonstone Duke (The Moonstone Landing Book 1) by Meara Platt

Author:Meara Platt [Platt, Meara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2023-05-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Hen was in tears as she read the letters Cain’s father had written to him. The old man oozed love for his son. My dearest son was how he started all his letters. While this correspondence mostly revealed his father’s thoughts and fears along with his wonderful character, it also showed glimpses of Cain’s character and the close relation these two men had always enjoyed with each other.

These St. Austell men were bred to be honorable and never break vows. She understood now why Cain would not promise to have them live under the same roof. He was truly scared of what his dreams might bring and would rather see her safely out of his reach, even if it meant their living apart.

A warmth spread through her as she sat beside Cain and read the letters aloud to him. Too bad she hadn’t gone through them before seeing him with Lady Alexandra and watching her blow him brazen kisses. She would have understood what was going through his mind and known this woman meant nothing to him.

Cain was stretched out on the sofa in his study, his hands casually propped behind his head and his eyes closed as she continued reading.

“I miss you, my son. Stay well and I shall continue to pray for Napoleon’s hasty demise and your safe return. Your…”

Cain now opened one eye a crack. “Hen, you cannot cry over every letter.”

“I cannot help it. They’re so filled with love. It must have been unbearably hard for your father to endure having you gone all those years.”

“I know it was, but he’d raised me to do the right thing, and that was to fight for my country. Leaving him and my mother behind, not being there when she passed, that was awful for me as well. My mother lost four babes between Jennifer and me. Each loss was a heartbreak for them. By the time I came along, they were afraid to breathe around me for fear I would fall ill and die. But I was built like an ox and rarely got sick.”

“Then you went off to fight Napoleon,” she replied. “Their only son marching into the heart of danger and rarely returning home in all those years. A week, a month, an entire season would not have been enough time for them to be with you.” She emitted a ragged sigh. “I don’t know how I would have managed to let go of someone I loved that much.”

“It was not their choice to make. They knew they could not hold me. I was never one to sit on my pampered arse and enjoy the spoils of London while others were risking their lives for England.”

“Still, it had to break their hearts.” She had read three letters from his father and now opened a fourth. “My dearest son,” it started, just as all the others had. “The loss of your mother has been quite hard for me. I have dealt with it by immersing myself in building St.

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