The Engagement

Murder o

the carriage driver b

y before they galloped

gs. The Town was darker as night had come aboveground, evidenced by the faint moo

, almost leaping along with the bounding car

ot part of

an, Cole Devitt cursed inside his head

*

y a weird and curious article in th

ws had been misplaced, but the theory behind the death deserved its spot in the section for it invo

. A Town Leader's death did not deserve such thing, she thought as she picked u

ston, Lord

me

own bedchamber, Margaret allowed herself a

emale member

mous to most of the townspeople, it was paramount that she h

knew why she needed this very study. It was understandably obvious that they did not approve of her being part of the League, but they had collectively decided to

had also been rumored to be connected to many conspiracies all over the Town. Her dear mother would not merely

open and the second oldest brother, Levi, stormed in. "Can you not ask N

mien as a smile crept up her face. For a moment, Margaret was at a loss, bu

had asked Margaret and Levi's help. One might say tha

stripping her of her wealth should Lady Clarice manage to marry Tori off to

cide to go back to Wickhur

andal by marrying their youngest sisters' governess, a woman hunted by her village for a crime of witchcraft and had just been recently petitioned by most of Wic

l has passed, I can go b

. Because you

d Max ca

ical air and Nick will merely be spending most of

not really twins, merely born months apart. "They have matched many couples from servants to gent

ns are too bloody romantic. Tori does

ance separated? Had I been to

ed i

ve romance, and you know very much about rom

hurst for too long. For God's sake, Margaret, I have been rumor

years past for reasons unbeknownst to the family. "But you still have your charm. You do still have your friends

certain whether or not the people I once associated

s from now. You ought to come with us," she said, di

hy

nce with Tor

rly choked. "Da

you forgott

with Tori?" he in

ith Victoria Ashdown. Women would gossip about it, the men would hear it and they would all turn their heads and look f

rsed hi

they were children. The woman had played with her brothers in naught but her drawers! "It is our duty to help her. If her stepmother

r a while and reveled on it. Levi E

to me, Margaret,"

off you go. If mother looks for

dryly. "You

the letter in her hands. "Oh, b

vi muttered, tu

ther!" she cal

ly closed

ntion on the letter and be

of the gossip surrounding t

. The League is tasked

the day he was murdered and it was the Head