The Heart Queen
“Neil tried to contain his impatience. Janet was totally still, sitting neatly and formally, in a chair in the morning drawing room outside the king’s antechamber.
He tried small talk but he was not very good at it, and he knew it. His own mind was occupied with possibilities.
An idea kept nagging at him, and he needed to work it out in his mind. The risk was great, but it had the possibility of solving two very big problems at once.
Could he pull it off?
Finally, a lieutenant entered. “His Grace will see you now,” he said.
Janet started to stand, but the lieutenant shook his head. “Just the marquis,” he said.
Neil gave her a small smile to encourage her, then followed the lieutenant into the king’s antechamber. He exaggerated a limp as he entered.
Cumberland sat at a desk and continued to scribble on a page below him.
“Your Grace,” Neil said after a moment.
“Aye, Braemoor. It appears we have more evidence against Countess Lochaene. The dowager countess is demanding her arrest.
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