Burned by Nicholas Persephone

Author:Nicholas, Persephone [Nicholas, Persephone]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780857981240
Amazon: B01E80FW6O
Goodreads: 73385483
Publisher: RHA eBooks Adult
Published: 2013-06-03T07:00:00+00:00

SEVEN

Once he had recovered from the shock of his encounter with the deranged Higginbotham, Ascham escorted the young women he had rescued to the safety of a local convent.

There, with the aid of the resident nuns, he attended to the poor women, ensuring they were clothed and fed. He only left when the last one was asleep, in safety, warmth and comfort.

While he did this, he sent word to the king that the Italian girl, Isabella, had been found, along with a summary of the acts of the Earl of Cumberland’s bastard son, who had taken to kidnapping, torturing and performing surgery on prostitutes from Cambridge and its surrounding towns.

He also mentioned the manners of Sir Roderick’s and Napier senior’s deaths, and confirmed that Higginbotham had unfortunately been killed in the course of the investigation.

After Ascham was satisfied that the girls were in safe hands, he made his way to King’s College to face King Henry, certain that His Majesty, while pleased to know his favourite girl was safe, would want a comprehensive report of the day’s events—the death of an Earl’s son, even a bastard, was not a matter that was taken lightly.

It was thus late in the evening when Ascham arrived at King’s College, exhausted and cold, to be informed that King Henry had only an hour previously hurried back to London to deal with some pressing matter of state.

And so Ascham found himself standing at the doors to King’s College on a snowy winter’s night, having confronted a monster on behalf of a king who was no longer there to hear his report. He wondered if the king even remembered the commission he had given Ascham that morning.

Ascham sighed and trudged back to his rooms.

The next morning, Princess Elizabeth, fresh from her lesson with Giles, challenged Ascham to a game of chess.

As Bess set up the pieces, she asked, ‘Whatever did you get up to yesterday? You were gone all afternoon and evening.’

‘I shall tell you about it some day,’ Ascham said with a sad smile, ‘but now is not the time. Come, let us play. It’s your move.’

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