The Sinner (Assassins Guild Book 4) by Archer C.J

Author:Archer, C.J. [Archer, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2014-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Hughe stroked his thumb along Cat's cheek. The skin was soft and fine, but the muscles beneath were taut as bow strings. "Cat, what's wrong?"

"Where did you go today?" Her question was spoken calmly, casually, but the underlying steel could not be mistaken.

Hughe silently cursed. What did she know? "I told you. I went for a ride with Monk. We stopped at both Coleclough Farm and Stoneleigh. What did you do today?"

"I spoke to the grooms in the stables. According to one of them, you rode to Larkham."

Hell and damnation. "We did reach that far. It's not the most pleasant—"

"I haven't finished telling you about my day."

He cleared his throat. "Go on, my dear little Cat."

"Don't use that tone with me," she snapped. "Leave the fop out of this conversation. Leave him out of everything. I don't want to see him ever again."

He swallowed and lowered his hand to take hers, but she balled them into fists. His breath quickened. He couldn't think what to do next. He, a man who was never lost for words, couldn't think of a bloody thing to say.

"Elizabeth and I visited Susanna and Lucy at Stoneleigh this morning," she went on. "You'll be pleased to learn that none of them gave away your secrets, although I knew they were keeping something from me. By the way, I don't think it's fair to involve them in your lies. They're clearly uncomfortable. This afternoon, we went to the village. I bought some pretty lace to make into a collar and some herbs from the wise woman. Then I bought you a gift from the chandler. They're on your bed."

"I, uh, thank you." He wasn't deceived by her emotionless retelling of her day. He braced himself. "Anything else?"

"I learned that Cole killed someone in Larkham."

He waited. If that's all she'd learned, it might not be so bad. "A nasty fellow," he told her. "So I heard."

"I heard that too. It would seem Cole is to be applauded for ridding the world of such a man." She cocked her head to the side and frowned harder. "But what no one can tell me, is why he did it? Why did Cole take it upon himself to kill a stranger when he didn't know the man's victims? What's more, how did he learn of this Renny fellow in the first place?"

Hughe lifted one shoulder. "Perhaps one of the affected families told him. Or the man's wife may have mentioned it."

"Ah, yes, the widow. I hear she's pretty and quite well off. The problem is, nobody seems to know where her income comes from."

"Sometimes villagers take care of their own."

"Not this village. By all accounts, the Larkham people want to take out their anger on her sons. If that were so, why give their mother coin to support them?"

"Perhaps she has another source of income." He knew where this was heading. He was tumbling downhill, right into a bloody mess, and there was nothing he could do to stop it.

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