The Daring Heart (The Highland Heather And Hearts Scottish Romance Series)
““Why Lord Gray? The man is just a drunkard. Why do we care of the fate of such men?” His voice was calm and courteous. Strangely so. “This is not the way of the Vindictam.”
“Though I owe you no explanation, I shall answer,” Orazio replied, sending Pascal a curious yet annoyed look. “Antonio desires to test Liselle’s loyalty to us all.”
“Then Antonio is our puppet master,” Pascal observed, his lips curling into a slight sneer.
Liselle swallowed. The words of the thick-browed Saluzzo ...made sense now. She bowed her head. He had wanted her blood, but had settled for her heart.
Orazio’s voice took on an aristocratic tone. “I see no fault in his demand. Liselle has spilled Saluzzi blood and thus must prove her loyalty to the truce by taking Lord Gray’s life.”
At that, Pascal’s tranquility fled. His dark eyes flared with passion as he practically spat, “Why do we care a fig for what the falling house of the Saluzzi desires?MoreLess
“Though I owe you no explanation, I shall answer,” Orazio replied, sending Pascal a curious yet annoyed look. “Antonio desires to test Liselle’s loyalty to us all.”
“Then Antonio is our puppet master,” Pascal observed, his lips curling into a slight sneer.
Liselle swallowed. The words of the thick-browed Saluzzo ...made sense now. She bowed her head. He had wanted her blood, but had settled for her heart.
Orazio’s voice took on an aristocratic tone. “I see no fault in his demand. Liselle has spilled Saluzzi blood and thus must prove her loyalty to the truce by taking Lord Gray’s life.”
At that, Pascal’s tranquility fled. His dark eyes flared with passion as he practically spat, “Why do we care a fig for what the falling house of the Saluzzi desires?MoreLess
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