Draycott Everlasting by Christina Skye

Author:Christina Skye
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-11-03T05:00:00+00:00

“DO YOU THINK she guessed?”

Kacey Draycott paced anxiously, looking at her husband. Genevieve was sound asleep in her camp bed with Mr. Gibbs clutched in her fingers while the fire sent golden patterns playing over her cheeks. “Jamee will kill me if Hope guesses.”

“You’re safe for now.” Nicholas Draycott, the twelfth Viscount Draycott, sank onto the bed and tugged off his boots. “But she soon will. The woman is no fool, nor is that friend of hers. MacLeod, wasn’t that his name?”

His wife nodded sleepily. “Very odd, those wooden sculptures of his. I’ve seen similar pieces in museums, but nowhere else.” She slid beneath the lavender-scented sheets with a sigh of contentment.

Nicholas grinned down at her, the faint silver flecks in his hair shining in the firelight. They made him look exceedingly handsome, his wife thought.

“There you go, imagining another mystery. Just because he’s good at reproductions doesn’t exactly make him a thief, my love.”

“I didn’t say he was a thief, Nicholas, but there’s something strange there, all the same.” Kacey stared at the fire. “I think Jamee was right to be worried about Hope.”

“She seemed happy enough to me. Rolling around in the snow certainly put a nice bit of color in her cheeks.”

Kacey sniffed. “Spoken like a man. As if sex explains everything.”

“It explains a lot, between the right people.”

“Hmm.”

Nicholas pulled off his heavy sweater. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“It means—hmm.” Kacey rubbed her forehead, frowning. “Genevieve is talking about Gideon again. She’s convinced that cat is real, Nicholas.”

“Maybe he is.”

“Then why haven’t we seen him?”

“The abbey is a strange place, my love. The lighting plays tricks in those old stone halls, and things flit around the corner of your vision. You tell yourself they’re shadows, but one day you might discover they’re not.”

Kacey sighed. “And does that explain the ghost?”

“Nothing can explain the ghost,” Nicholas said tightly. “The less Vee says about him the better, believe me. I was hoping the trip up here might give her something new to talk about. Actually, that’s one of the reasons I agreed to come when Ian and Jamee phoned and asked for our help.”

“Remember, we can’t mention Jamee’s name, no matter what.”

The earl’s silver-gray eyes gleamed. “You might be able to buy my silence. For a price, of course.”

Kacey glanced at Genevieve, then at her husband. “Is that so? And what would that be?”

“One kiss. One long kiss. It will have to last me, I suppose. This whole trip is turning out to be a huge sacrifice.”

“Liar. You were even more intrigued by this house than I was when Ian and Jamee called last week. You love nothing more than interfering in other people’s lives, and you know it, Nicky. It must be all those centuries of lordly privilege bred into your blue Draycott blood.”

Nicholas raised one dark brow. “I think I’ve just been insulted.”

“Soundly.”

“For that, the price just doubled, Lady Draycott.”

He looked handsome but tired. She almost regretted acceding to his friend’s request to look in on Hope O’Hara to be sure she was safe.

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