The Return of Absent Souls (After The Rift Book 6) by C.J. Archer

Author:C.J. Archer [Archer, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: www.cjarcher.com
Published: 2020-07-06T18:30:00+00:00

The arrival of Lady Miranda Claypool the following day lifted my mood a little. She had come with her parents after traveling all night to reach the palace. Her father, the minister for finance, had received a letter the day before from Dane requesting his presence after declaring himself king. He was among the first of the ministers and nobles to rush to the palace, but he wouldn’t be the last.

“I’m so tired,” Miranda said, as we sat in the parlor adjoining her bedchamber. As a senior advisor, Lord Claypool was assigned one of the better suites that comprised of multiple rooms. We were alone, however. Miranda’s father was in a meeting with Dane, and her mother was speaking to other newly arrived ladies.

“I’m so glad you came,” I told her.

“And I’m so pleased to be here. I cannot quite fathom the news! It’s quite incredible, and I admit that I don’t really know why the captain of the guards is now the king.”

“It’s a long story. The short version is that Dane discovered his past in Freedland and learned that he is the son of a former Freedland princess and Prince Hugo of Glancia.”

Miranda squeezed my hands. “You always knew there was something special about him.”

I gave her a grim smile. “A little too special.”

She drew me into a hug. “Don’t worry yet. Wait and see what my father advises. There is still a chance for you two to be together.”

Her words might have been hopeful ones, but her tone was not. Like Kitty, she was born into the world of nobles and knew that marriage was a contract between parties. It had nothing to do with love or what either party desired.

“Enough about that,” she said, drawing away. “Tell me about your travels.” Her smile slipped and her eyes filled with tears. “Tell me how she died.”

“Ah. Yes. About that.” I stood and took her hand. “Come with me for a ride into the forest.”

“The forest? Josie, what is this about? Where are you taking me?”

“To see an old friend.”

She gasped. “You did find her body. I thought it was strange that it simply disappeared and wasn’t found after the floodwaters subsided. But why did you bury her in the forest here and not at her home?”

I refused to answer which drove her a little mad, but she stopped asking me questions by the time we mounted horses in the stables. Quentin and another guard rode with us as an escort, although I doubted the Deerhorns would dare try anything while I was with Miranda. No one had seen them since they’d stormed out of the council chamber the day before, although the maids and footmen said they were still in the palace. Theodore joined us too, since he claimed he had nothing better to do.

When we dismounted at the cottage, Quentin put out a hand to stay me. “We should knock first,” he said. “Yelena and Martha have moved into rooms at the palace, but Erik’s here. We don’t want to walk in on them in the middle of…you know.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.