Hunter's Prey: Bloodhounds, book 2 (2012)
“If you don’t wish to owe me money by the end of the evening, ride your retired little ass over here, sweetheart.
Ophelia urged her mount faster, riding through the twilight toward Sylvie’s house on the edge of town. Red and amber lights came into view first, glittering in the distance, and slowly the stark outline of the rambling house began to take shape against the darkening sky.
She slid off her horse as the groom ran forward to snatch up the reins. “Where is she, Fremont?” “In her suite, Mi...ss Ophelia.” The usually steel-nerved young man was pale enough that his freckles stood out in the light from the flickering, old-fashioned lantern. “She asked if you might take the outside stairs to her balcony to avoid alarming the other patrons. But hurry, ma’am. It ain’t a pretty sight, to be sure.” “What happened?” she demanded as she stripped off her riding gloves. The question was mostly rhetorical, since Sylvie was a smart enough businesswoman to keep any real problems under wraps, but Ophelia’s fear was getting the best of her.MoreLess
Ophelia urged her mount faster, riding through the twilight toward Sylvie’s house on the edge of town. Red and amber lights came into view first, glittering in the distance, and slowly the stark outline of the rambling house began to take shape against the darkening sky.
She slid off her horse as the groom ran forward to snatch up the reins. “Where is she, Fremont?” “In her suite, Mi...ss Ophelia.” The usually steel-nerved young man was pale enough that his freckles stood out in the light from the flickering, old-fashioned lantern. “She asked if you might take the outside stairs to her balcony to avoid alarming the other patrons. But hurry, ma’am. It ain’t a pretty sight, to be sure.” “What happened?” she demanded as she stripped off her riding gloves. The question was mostly rhetorical, since Sylvie was a smart enough businesswoman to keep any real problems under wraps, but Ophelia’s fear was getting the best of her.MoreLess
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