“It had to be lies, of the cruelest, coldest nature. He would not believe, never believe that his sweet Abby had run away from him. Had left him, left their child. Lucian sat on the corner of the bed, trapped in the daze that had gripped him since he’d returned home two days before. Returned home to find the Hall in an uproar, and his wife missing. Another man. That’s what they were saying. An old love she’d met in secret whenever Lucian had gone into New Orleans on business. Lies. ... He had been the only man. He had taken an angel to wife, a virgin to their wedding bed. Something had happened to her. He opened and closed his hand over the watch pin he’d given her when he’d asked her to marry him. Something terrible. But what? What could have pushed her to leave the house in the night? A sick relation, he thought as he rose to pace and pace and pace.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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