Vengeance 01.5 - A Knight's Kiss by Lana Williams

Author:Lana Williams
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Lana Williams
Published: 2015-04-23T07:00:00+00:00

Elsie hurried into the brew room the next morn, her brow furrowed with worry. “Liza, I’ve heard terrible news.”

Liza set down the wooden paddle with which she’d been stirring the ale and wiped her hands on her apron. “What is it?”

“’Tis Melissande.”

Liza’s heart stopped. She grabbed Elsie’s hands. “What?”

“Wymark threw her in the dungeon.”

“Why?” A sinking feeling weighted Liza’s chest, making it difficult to breathe.

“I’m not certain. I overheard Tollie, who works in the kitchen, tell the potter’s wife.”

“What could she have possible done to deserve such treatment?”

Elsie swallowed and glanced away.

“Tell me, Elsie. What is it?” Liza tugged on the serving maid’s hands.

“Tollie said she lingered in places she shouldn’t have and heard things no one in their right mind should’ve listened to.”

Liza closed her eyes and released the maid’s hands. “She overheard Lord Stanwick speaking, didn’t she?”

Elsie nodded. “Tollie said Wymark caught her.”

Despair filled Liza followed quickly by anger at her sister’s carelessness. This was the very thing that had worried her from the moment Melissande had started serving at the keep. Now what could be done? How could she possibly free her sister from the dungeon? That was an impossible task.

“What will you do?” Elsie asked.

“I don’t know.” Damn Wymark! Time and again, the men in her life had betrayed her. Her father, her husband, even Stanwick and Wymark. Then she stopped herself. There was one man who seemed to be trustworthy, who had yet to break his word.

Hugh.

As though her thoughts had conjured him, the knight opened the door, blocking the sunlight.

“Good day, Liza. Elsie.” His smile faded as he looked at Liza. “What’s happened?”

“Wymark put my sister in the dungeon.”

“Damnation.” He moved to stand before her as Elsie eased back. “Why?”

“She overheard something the lord said that she shouldn’t have and Wymark caught her.”

“Christ.” He turned away. The tiny spark of hope she’d held that he might help fell. Then he spun back. “I will fetch Matthew, and we’ll determine a way to have her released.”

Her eyes filled with tears at his offer.

“What is it?” he asked, placing his arm around her shoulder.

“You’d help me?”

“Of course.” He brushed her cheek with the pad of his thumb. “We can’t leave her there, now can we?”

His logical statement made her smile. “Nay. That we cannot.”

“Then I’ll find Matthew and we’ll decide the best way to manage this.”

“But your mission—”

He shook his head. “At times, a mission must change course. This is one of those times. I’ll be back anon.” He released her with a smile and left.

Liza stood there staring at the door, unable to believe it.

“Now that’s a good man,” Elsie said.

“Indeed he is.” Liza couldn’t agree more.

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