Shadows of Yesterday (Ravenhurst Series, #2) by Lorraine Beaumont

Author:Lorraine Beaumont
Language: eng
Format: epub

IT LURKS IN SHADOWS

RAVENHURST, The hallway was black as pitch, drenched in complete darkness. Milford crouched awkwardly in the cramped alcove with only a suit of armor for company. He elbowed the armor, causing a sharp pain to shoot up his arm. He rubbed his elbow and let out another irritated sigh, while looking towards the chamber Grayson and Isabelle were in.

Devlin’s was beside theirs.

Milford had no idea why he was watching their doors, but Sebastian was adamant that he, Milford, stay in the alcove, out of sight. Sebastian and Katherine were down at the end of the hall.

Apparently, after he left the library earlier, the group volunteered him to take the first watch for the night, just in case the lunatic decided to come back. That is what he got for leaving the room. He wondered why anyone would take Devlin; perhaps he got in the way? But Katherine as well? It was almost as if a much larger force were at play here. He needed to ponder many things about the legend. The darkness receded and the full moon illuminated the hall once more.

He was tired and hungry. His foot lost feeling, sending prickly sensations up his leg. He stood up to get some feeling back into it while thumping it quietly against the floor. Strange noises came from across the hall. Someone growled in the darkness. Milford’s entire body tensed. Then he heard laughter, followed by a moan.

He turned his face away from the door, but unfortunately, it did nothing to quiet the noise. He did not need to stretch his imagination very far to figure out what they were doing to pass the time.

Milford heard another moan… followed by a “Yes… yes… yes!”

He tried to rid his mind of the visuals he was getting. Good Lord, if he had to hear one more moan about the duke’s prowess in bed, he would be sick. He felt like yelling at the top of his lungs, Have some regard for who may be stuck outside your damn doors listening! At least, try to keep it down, even though he doubted Katherine and Sebastian could hear—but Devlin was in the adjoining room. And if it was that loud for Milford, just think how loud it must have been for him.

But then again, perhaps the scoundrel deserved at least a little of what he was getting; especially after the atrocious way he treated Isabelle, locking the poor woman in her own cellar.

Maybe it served him right to have to hear their love play.

Milford’s stomach growled loudly. He was hungry, no, famished. He had no opportunity to eat anything for dinner. He heard another growl, making his skin crawl even more. He looked down the hall and back towards the stairwell.

Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, he decided to run down to the kitchens for a quick bite. His excuse to himself was there was so much noise coming from across the hall it would likely scare the hell out of any assailant anyway.

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