The Deception (2025)
“Inside was the envelope John Edgerton had had a messenger deliver to her that morning. She didn’t want to know what was inside. But she was afraid, dreadfully afraid.
The day was so cold she could see her breath in the carriage.
The duke leaned over and patted the blanket more closely around her legs. “Can you believe that just weeks ago we were basking under a summer sun?”
The carriage came to a halt. Juniper appeared at the window, all sharp and smiling. He very much enjoyed being in the thic...k of things, the duke thought. But he imagined that Juniper also wondered why the devil he was bringing a young lady to the war ministry. Why indeed?
“No,” she said. “I can’t believe it.” She was standing in front of a soot-darkened gray stone building, stark and uninviting. It appeared to be in need of a good cleaning. It was surrounded by a high black iron fence. It seemed unnaturally quiet on the street, for there were no scrambling hawkers here to disturb the important men behind its walls.MoreLess
The day was so cold she could see her breath in the carriage.
The duke leaned over and patted the blanket more closely around her legs. “Can you believe that just weeks ago we were basking under a summer sun?”
The carriage came to a halt. Juniper appeared at the window, all sharp and smiling. He very much enjoyed being in the thic...k of things, the duke thought. But he imagined that Juniper also wondered why the devil he was bringing a young lady to the war ministry. Why indeed?
“No,” she said. “I can’t believe it.” She was standing in front of a soot-darkened gray stone building, stark and uninviting. It appeared to be in need of a good cleaning. It was surrounded by a high black iron fence. It seemed unnaturally quiet on the street, for there were no scrambling hawkers here to disturb the important men behind its walls.MoreLess
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