The Reluctant Lords Boxed Set by Tammy Jo Burns

Author:Tammy Jo Burns
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tammy Jo Burns

Gabe shook with a combination of anger and worry as he left the house. The entire time he had fought with Southerby, he kept seeing flashes of Natalia, dead with that note pinned on her bodice. Only, instead of Natalia’s face, it was Kala’s. If she hadn’t moved between them and called for the footmen, he very well could have killed the man.

“Have Diablo readied immediately,” he instructed a groom, then walked over to some other men who were milling around the gardens. “I am leaving town. No one should come in or out of this house until I return. Do you understand?”

“Yes, Your Grace.”

“If you should have need of me, I will be at Blackburn Hall. There are some matters I must take care of there.”

“Of course, Your Grace.”

“Whatever you do, do not let anything happen to my wife.” He couldn’t help the anxiety in his voice. He knew that Kala believed him to be running away from the situation, but he needed time to think. Besides he needed to talk to someone who had recently been in his shoes, as well as break the news that they were married. Gabe dreaded this the most, not sure what Derek’s reaction would be, but found it to be a good enough excuse to leave his wife alone for a few days. He needed the distance from her.

Perhaps his absence would instill a fondness for him within her. Or perhaps he would realize everything she confronted him with to be correct. If he and Derek had trusted her with their secrets, perhaps she wouldn’t be blind right now. But dammit, she’s a woman. What right does she think she has to know what all is going on in their lives? She was your shadow for years and did know everything you did, his conscience berated him. She even knew when he and Derek had tupped the serving wenches for the first time at the local tavern.

She knew more than any girl had the right to know about the habits of two growing boys as they turned into men. Perhaps that is why her mother and sister had always looked down on her following them. She had always been one of them for as long as he could remember. And then all of a sudden she no longer knew their secrets nor tagged along as she once had.

One of the stable lads brought Diablo around and he quickly mounted and headed towards the gates of town. Perhaps she had thought to replace him and Derek with McKenzie, Southerby, and Dewhurst. It would be a cold day in hell when that happened. Gabe kicked Diablo into a cantor before letting him have his head as they passed through the gates that would lead him to Blackburn Hall.

Diablo ate up the road between London and Blackburn Hall, and before he knew it he stood on the stoop staring at the door. How did one go about telling one’s best friend that he had been

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