The Engagement

Lover's

began to shake

y morning, by his servant. The cause of death is a stab wound on his back which had been missed at first, a fact

Willowfair's Head of Men of Courts, but he never arrived. He left town, pe

time being, we are looking into every possible angle of the murder, but Cole Devitt is the top on

y. It is also your task to observe his movements for the time being, but be certain not t

the connections to outsmart us all. All further missives shall be strictly de

tly. Urgent notes shall b

C

r hands and she quickl

ents onc

y misread Calan Haverston's letter, but no-it was

e. She absently watched the fire consume the paper until it was naught but a sheet of fragile ash. She closed the lid of the wooden box of ashes of lette

Dev

cée's sudden illness. Many events had followed that day that Margaret had never thought of him. She had been preoccupied with Benedict and Agatha's dilemma which was immediately followed by

Dev

er all be stupid for she could not bring herself to muster such emotion for her feelings

thought entering her mind.

ars. He had ruined her for anyone else and she knew, deep inside

d so did she. The League and her family were her utmost pri

der, then she would do her duty, whether

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that Cole Devitt had c

ee him again, to see him looking handsome from across the ballroom talking and laughing with a few gentleme

who knew of her family's history with the Devitts, she could not be seen with him. Not by L

thing the charming Levi Everard did since his return to Wickhurst was dance with Victoria Ashdown. Margaret smiled to herself as

er, she

is short time

along the way. His brown hair was getting nearer. Margaret's heart started to pound ag

a short conversation with the man

easy, she t

d in one single night, a bitte

Her limbs stiffened as the image of Cole Devitt in the middle of a rocky field flashed before her eyes-him holding a sword against her older brother

ealized it, he was gone. He had walked off to the other

ering still and now joined by Ysabella. Margaret did not realize that a single dr

f pain was distantly humming, a feeling she

d herself as she slowly turned to

ood enough. Her mission was not to make aggre

ed to make contact,

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ge. Going to the ball had been a risk, bu

iosity over his private life. And he would not wish for anyone to dig into h

contents of

theory he was killed for something foul. Keep your promise and I shall keep

ned, but he kn

fist and replaced it inside h

he looked out the win

here at t

breath and slow

et Eve

l from the last time he saw her standing in the middle of the Ever

d been

ught, pulling the window cur

he whispere