“Is he awake?” McNaught asked. “No,” I told him. “Keep your voice down.” “Are you going to invite me in? Or do we have this conversation in the hallway for anyone to hear?” I glanced past him, at the men who guarded the door. Both were his. Further down, one of our scullery maids lit the candles in hall. I…
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“I can’t,” I whispered, my steps slowing to a stop. The morning was damp and murky: fitting weather for a funeral. Clouds hung low above the cemetery, casting a sickly pallor on the scene spread out in front of us. Overhead, the reaching branches of the trees were rendered dark and skeletal in this strange world of grays. Henry stopped…
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The blood drained from my face as I stared down the barrel of the gun, leaving me light-headed and dizzy. At the other end of that barrel sat a small iron ball. Only the twitch of a finger separated me from life and death. Two days ago, I’d been faced with this same dilemma. The difference was that two days…
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“Oh, dear. Your poor face. Will you be permanently disfigured?” “Hello, Aunt,” I said, forcing my irritation aside. “No, I shouldn’t suffer any long-lasting damage. Thank you for your concern.” She grasped my hands and air kissed my injured cheek. I pulled away and indicated the tea service already set up and waiting for us. “Won’t you please have a…
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Hi, all! Thank you so much for reading Scandal. For those of you who are new to the story, you might not know that I published the first draft to my website in 2013. SEVEN YEARS AGO! Now that I’m fine tuning and editing the last chapters of the final version, I’m getting all nostalgic. I decided to document the end…
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