ent, a whisper th

ength, had found the first Hawthorne

im, her unwavering belie

e rose again,

xistence, would be forever linked t

the "Guard

the curr

than' s father, had onc

ole, to move her from The Dovecote, to t

ces were swif

stock plummeted in a

ffered a polo accident. He was thr

t was a miracl

d, had reversed his

, her every need attended to, he

d the pact again,

taff who had rushed in at t

eper, pressed a handkerchief

a! Oh, de

her maid cried, seeing

y, however,

s just a charity ca

va, who was now sitt

nonsense. Soon, I' ll be the true lady of t

in, their voices dr

eated to get that

to bewitch Ethan," added the o

of anger mix with

as worried his father wouldn' t appr

peak to Marcus Sr.,

as her