Chapter One
Edinburgh
August 20, 1822
Dear Cousin,
I worry about Venetia's trip to Scotland. Yes, I know what the papers reported -- that the Scottish Scourge was killed three months ago in a fight with Sir Lachlan Ross that left both men dead. Still, considering the Scourge's mysterious grievance against the earl, I'd feel easier if someone could produce the villain's body.
Your anxious relation,
Charlotte
Mama would have loved this," Venetia said wistfully to her aunt, Maggie Douglas, the Viscountess Kerr. They stood in line waiting to be announced at the True Highlander Celtic Society's masquerade ball, now near enough to hear bagpipes skirling from inside the Edinburgh Assembly Rooms. "Don't you just adore the tartans and strathspeys and costumes and -- "
" -- packed streets and wretched food and ghastly accommodations?" Aunt Maggie rolled her green eyes, the same shade as her niece's. "Not a bit. Unlike you -- and my sister, when she was alive -- I prefer the comforts of London. Why, I haven't had a wink of sleep since we arrived."
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