The Black Sheep's Return
“‘If you did, you would find the brat who could beggar us and dispose of him, as you should have done before our first child was born.’ ‘What a wasted effort that would have been,’ her lord replied disdainfully, ‘since you only whelped me a girl.’ ‘My father’s first grandchild, my lord. Don’t forget who holds the purse strings,’ the silvery-blonde and supposedly delicate Lady Lundy reminded her middle-aged husband with a steely glint in her blue eyes that would astonish her admirers and those le...ss impressed by her lovely face and avaricious nature, which she managed to hide most of the time.
‘Or who has the title you love so dearly,’ Francis Martagon replied.
‘Imagine how little I will love you if you lose it, my lord,’ she said silkily and if he had any illusions about his lady they evaporated under her chilly gaze.
‘It’s only a name,’ he said wearily.
‘Why were you willing to murder that wretched female and her unborn child to keep it, then?’ she taunted as if she wasn’t the one who’d needled and nagged him into that appalling act in the first place.MoreLess
‘Or who has the title you love so dearly,’ Francis Martagon replied.
‘Imagine how little I will love you if you lose it, my lord,’ she said silkily and if he had any illusions about his lady they evaporated under her chilly gaze.
‘It’s only a name,’ he said wearily.
‘Why were you willing to murder that wretched female and her unborn child to keep it, then?’ she taunted as if she wasn’t the one who’d needled and nagged him into that appalling act in the first place.MoreLess
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