She wrinkled her nose and tried to hide a smile. “Waverly told them you were hurting me and forcing me into marriage. That’s why they came to rescue me from your dastardly clutches.”
Ashton shook his head. “That’s ridiculous.” But if that’s what her brothers thought about him, no wonder they wanted to kill him. He would do the same to any man he thought would hurt his sister.
“I know it is.” She leaned into him, embracing him once more before she bent down to pick up the letters. “You should take these. They are written in code, but my father sent me the cipher before he died. It should be in my chambers at Lennox House.” She pressed the packet of letters into his free hand.
Ashton accepted them, his smile fading. “Rosalind, if these letters implicate your father as a traitor to his peo
