The Secret Pleasures of an Earl: (The Valiant Love Regency Romance) (A Historical Romance Book) by Deborah Wilson

Author:Deborah Wilson [Wilson, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2019-08-16T23:00:00+00:00

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Sirius found Nick at the bottom of the stairs. “Is he still breathing?”

“Mostly,” Nick said. “Astger’s men didn’t handle him with care.”

Sirius grunted and could only imagine what the general had done when he’d found the man who’d happened to get by his defenses.

Sirius followed Nick into Cassius’ office.

Milly was gone.

A bag of flesh rested on the ground. He’d been beaten badly. Blood stained his soiled clothes. Sirius walked around and was shocked by the man’s face. It was disfigured. If Sirius could have recognized him before, he certainly didn’t now.

“Did you do this?” Sirius asked Cassius.

Cassius shook his head. He sat stiffly in his chair. “Someone will need to tell Astger not to let his men take their anger out on my traitors.”

“Can you blame them?” Nick asked. “These men shouldn’t have been able to get past the riders you have stationed outside.”

“How did you manage it?” Cassius asked the man on the ground.

What came out of his mouth was nearly unintelligible. His mouth was mangled.

Sirius cursed. “He won’t do us any good. Want me to get rid of him?”

The man protested with moans, likely aware of just how Sirius planned to get rid of him.

“No. He is to be our guest for some time.” Cassius motioned for a footman to take him away. “I’ll have Doc patch him up. Hopefully, within a week or so, he’ll be able to give us some answers.”

Sirius rounded on Cassius. “You’re going to keep him here? Around Milly?” Around Pia and his girls?

The footman carried him away.

“I’ll keep him in my wing under lock and key,” he said. “No one will see him unless I give them access.”

“And who is to have access?” Nick asked.

“The doctor and I. No one else.”

Sirius nodded. He still wasn’t sure how he felt about having the man near his family, but if it didn’t bother Cassius… “This is for Milly, isn’t it?”

Cassius nodded. He seemed much calmer. Sirius didn’t know what his wife had done to soothe him, but it had worked. “We have yet to know his fate, but I will not be so merciful once I find the man behind this.”

“It has to be a lord,” Nick said. “This many men wouldn’t follow anyone less.”

“I agree,” Cassius said.

Nick’s words gave Sirius a thought. “Do you have the list of men who’ve yet to side with Cassius?”

Nick nodded and handed over a missive from his pocket.

Sirius looked the names over. He found the one he wanted most and then he found two more names of men near.

His planned trip had just gotten shorter. He’d be back in a matter of days. Perhaps, they’d catch the man responsible within a fortnight. He went to Cassius’ desk and wrote out the names on another sheet.

“What are you thinking?” Cassius asked.

He turned to Cassius. “I need your blackmail on these three men.”

Cassius took the page and nodded before handing it back to Sirius. “Are you ready?”

Sirius lifted a brow. “You have their sins memorized?”

“Mostly,” Cassius said.

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