Seduction Becomes Her
Chapter One
"Do you think that he's alive?" Charles asked, staring
down at the leaping flames on the hearth.
At Charles's question, his cousin Julian, Lord Wyndham,
looked up sharply from the snifters of brandy he had been
pouring for them. He knew immediately the identity of the
'he.' Raoul Weston, Charles's younger half brother. The
Monster. Dead now for nearly two and a half years.
Handing Charles one of the snifters, Julian said, "We both
fired our pistols at him, and our aim was true. He took two
bullets in the chest. We both saw them strike, and we both
saw the blood as it gushed from him. I do not believe that he
could have lived, as grievously wounded as he was."
Charles flashed him a twisted smile. "But we found no
body, did we?"
Julian made a face. "That's true, and I'll grant you that he
may have lived for a short while-long enough to crawl
away and hide from us, but I'm convinced that he's dead."
He seated himself in a chair covered in fine Spanish leather
not far from the fire. Quietly, he said, "Since that night, Nell
has had no more nightmares of him, and that ... read full excerpt from: Seduction Becomes Her ebook
