Chapter 10He was dead!
Carina sat staring ahead of her, not at the figure lying on the ground, but rather looking inwards into her heart and the past.
She felt now as if all feeling and all emotion had gone from her and that she was nothing but a statue made of marble.
Vaguely she realised that someone had entered the nursery and a high-pitched scream told her that it was a woman.
She heard the screaming recede as the person ran downstairs and Carina wondered to herself why a woman’s voice in horror or terror was so unattractive.
Minutes passed and she did not move.
And then suddenly there were footsteps coming up the stairs and across the nursery floor and Carina knew who the person was before she saw him.
Lord Lynche gave only a perfunctory glance at Sir Percy.
He moved quickly t
