Highlander Undone
“A light drizzle mixed with snow had begun and the few dray horses left on the streets slipped and stumbled as they made their way back to the congested stables that sheltered them.
Jack paced the ice-glazed pavement, oblivious to the deserted landscape. His former commander’s words replayed in his mind. The general would have fallen like a wolf on the bits of information he’d garnered from Zephrina Drouhin, seeing it as further testimony damning Charles Hoodless. Until he had incontrovertible p...roof of Hoodless’s involvement, he would not risk telling Lord Mitchell. The general would look no further.
Jack had spent two days with the American girl only to discover that she hadn’t known much. She was more interested in disparaging her portraitist than discussing Paul Sherville.
Those few things he had ultimately learned, however, had been telling. Paul Sherville had boasted to Zephrina of his “North African gold mine.” He’d only spoken once about Hoodless after having imbibed “rather too deeply.”MoreLess
Jack paced the ice-glazed pavement, oblivious to the deserted landscape. His former commander’s words replayed in his mind. The general would have fallen like a wolf on the bits of information he’d garnered from Zephrina Drouhin, seeing it as further testimony damning Charles Hoodless. Until he had incontrovertible p...roof of Hoodless’s involvement, he would not risk telling Lord Mitchell. The general would look no further.
Jack had spent two days with the American girl only to discover that she hadn’t known much. She was more interested in disparaging her portraitist than discussing Paul Sherville.
Those few things he had ultimately learned, however, had been telling. Paul Sherville had boasted to Zephrina of his “North African gold mine.” He’d only spoken once about Hoodless after having imbibed “rather too deeply.”MoreLess
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