The Witch and the Wolf by Tricia Schneider

Author:Tricia Schneider
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Short Stories, Paranormal, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2010-07-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“Uncle Arden!” Lillian gasped, horrified to see him enter the room accompanied by none other than her fiancé. “How did you find me?”

Arden Prescott narrowed his eyes as he glanced suspiciously between her and North. With a smile approaching more of a leer, he said, “I do not think I am required to explain to you, of all people, the efforts I took in locating my errant niece. Let us be satisfied that you are discovered at last.”

Lillian felt foolish asking him such a question. Of course, she knew. It was a simple enough spell, if one had the correct material available to them. But she had not expected Uncle Arden to search for her. Lord Fitzwalter had followed her as she had fled her captivity in her uncle’s house. She had never suspected that Uncle Arden would take precious time away from his concoctions to come find the niece who did not wish to marry the man he had chosen for her.

“Hello, Miss Merriweather,” Lord Fitzwalter said graciously as he stepped forward. He bowed to North who had stood at the sound of her exclamation. “I trust you have not been burdening Lord North with your misgivings.”

She opened her mouth to respond but found North’s curious gaze upon her. She stared back into his inquiring eyes. The fear she had felt for so long now engulfed her. What a fool she was! She had become complacent in this place of comfort and security. The spell that North had woven over her broke at the sight of her vindictive uncle and his crony.

And North looked to her for some explanation. An explanation she should have confessed to him the moment she found him in the kitchen this morning.

“I-I…” Her tongue seemed foreign to her as she tried to formulate the words. The act became reminiscent of her first meeting with him. The shock of observing such a man for the first time had become, instead, her embarrassment at exposing him to the truth.

“I am engaged,” she blurted.

The horror that descended upon his face was enough to make her ill. Her stomach churned and bile rose in her throat. She knew without a doubt the color of her skin took on a ghastly shade of green. This particular sensation was much too common for her not to recognize her reactions to Lord Fitzwalter.

She could see him from the corner of her vision. The manner in which he ogled her, staring at her like a starving creature that had just come upon a tasty meal, appalled her. It was abhorrent the way he watched her every move, listened to her every sound, her every breath. She knew his thoughts, since they were so plainly written upon his face, and she knew she had reason to fear, even if the stories she had heard about him were not true. It did not matter. The man was older than her great Uncle Arden! His hair was gray and unwashed. The skin on his

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