Harlequin Historical May 2020--Box Set 1 of 2 by Sophia James

Author:Sophia James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Silly girl. Did she think she could outrun him? Outwit him? Had she not learned there was no place she could hide? Gismond Brenley crushed the letter in his hand, grinding it in unrestrained anger. This was not the triumphant homecoming he’d imagined when he’d left for Dover, on the brink of claiming Tremblay’s favour at last. But now, he’d been summoned home early, no proposal in hand, to find his daughter gone, run off with the very man who threatened to steal all he’d worked for.

Brenley’s temper flared again. How dare Inigo Vellanoweth threaten to have his title stripped? How dare he threaten to go to the King? Oh, he knew very well how the man dared it. There was little to fight Tintagel with. Dealing with Tintagel and the Cornish Dukes was different from dealing with regular men. Gismond had learned that last year during the situation with the Blaxford mines. He’d distributed a defamatory pamphlet to discredit Eliza Blaxland’s leadership of the mining conglomerate, only to discover that pamphlets might influence small folk, but they did not influence or stop the might of the Cornish Dukes. Inigo had simply ignored the pamphlet and arranged to have the mining board bought out, old members supplanted with those who would pay no heed to the rumours. Then Lynford had gone and married the chit and put her above any attempt at scandal.

Gismond tapped his long fingers on the desk in an irritated tattoo. There would be scandal aplenty this time, though. Inigo had upended his plans and attacked his hard-won social standing. There would be no marriage to Viscount Tremblay now. Tremblay would hardly want a bride who’d run off with another man let alone offer business opportunities to her father. The whole trip to Dover was now a complete waste. Had it ever actually been within his grasp? Brenley was starting to wonder now, a fresh wave of anger surging. Perhaps Tremblay had been brought in on it, a decoy to lure him out of town so Inigo and Audevere—he couldn’t discount his daughter’s role in all this—could act.

Vellanoweth had conspired against him on all fronts: financially, socially, and personally. He’d gone too far this time and it would bring him down. Brenley could not let this go unchecked. To do so would be to validate the threat. He didn’t doubt Vellanoweth would follow through either. One wrong move and he would make his case to the King. Brenley knew how that would turn out. The King loved the money he made for the coffers, but he loved the Cornish Dukes more. He would not risk offending them by siding with Brenley.

Brenley gave orders he was not to be disturbed and shut himself away to think. Vellanoweth had to be stopped. Quite often the key to stopping a man lay in his motives. Take away his motives and a man seldom had a reason to risk anything. He poured a drink and settled into his favourite chair by the fire.

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