Scorch
Chapter One
Before I met Lady Jacqueline, I had never taken a human life. Knowing my
reputation, this might surprise some of you, but it's the truth. There are those
who say m'lady was worth killing for, and no doubt, they are correct. But it
didn't happen like that, at least not for me. And before I killed, I died a
thousand deaths that will continue to haunt me till the end of my days.
My name is Scorch, at least that's how the history books will remember me. My
real name is not important, nor was I, until I became Lady Jacqueline's
bodyguard. But I'm getting ahead of myself. If you are to understand the nature
of our relationship, you must first understand its beginning. It began, like all
things, with a big bang.
I will never forget the first moment I saw her. I suppose most men wouldn't. I
had heard tales of the Heiress to Baron Ceston's throne and fortune. I suppose
everyone had. But nothing could have prepared me for meeting her, for she was so
much more-and so much less than I'd expected.
Tales of her beauty were almost certainly exaggerated, for though she was
attractive, she was not beautiful in th ... read full excerpt from Scorch ebook
