Secrets of Midnight
“But she wasn't smiling, her heart battering at her breast as she quickly dismounted and ran to the front of the cottage, turning back with a small gasp to call to Donovan, "Give me one moment, will you?
I don't want to startle poor Peggy with both of us beating down her door." She spun as he gallantly bowed his head to her, thanking the heavens for whatever strange mood had come over him to make him so biddable. She knocked twice but didn't wait for a reply as she heard someone shuffling to the... door, instead rushing inside the darkened two-room cottage so suddenly that she nearly knocked over poor Morton Robberts. His mouth hanging open, the russet-haired, freckle-faced tinner stared blearily at her as if he'd just stumbled into some bizarre dream.
"Don't look so startled, Morton, it's only me, Corie East—Corie Trent. And don't ask me any questions, I've no time! I need an enormous favor from you, from both you and Peggy—" "Who is it, Morton?" called a sleepy voice from the pitch-dark adjoining room.MoreLess
I don't want to startle poor Peggy with both of us beating down her door." She spun as he gallantly bowed his head to her, thanking the heavens for whatever strange mood had come over him to make him so biddable. She knocked twice but didn't wait for a reply as she heard someone shuffling to the... door, instead rushing inside the darkened two-room cottage so suddenly that she nearly knocked over poor Morton Robberts. His mouth hanging open, the russet-haired, freckle-faced tinner stared blearily at her as if he'd just stumbled into some bizarre dream.
"Don't look so startled, Morton, it's only me, Corie East—Corie Trent. And don't ask me any questions, I've no time! I need an enormous favor from you, from both you and Peggy—" "Who is it, Morton?" called a sleepy voice from the pitch-dark adjoining room.MoreLess
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