The woman drove one hell of a bargain, Caddoc Maddox, Marquis Weir and Earl of Llyan, mused, looking down at the parchment awaiting his signature. Not that he blamed her. It took a great deal of courage to risk herself as she was for the sake of her younger siblings. Even though she didn't believe in the dragon, she had to be afraid she would never return.
"Your sister will accept them?" Miss Burns looked up at him with wide eyes the shade of new-mown grass. One toe tapped nervously on the carpet of the vicarage parlour. She had sent her sisters to clean the church after the town meeting, and her little brother was being entertained outside by Caddoc's coachman. They were bright, well-mannered children, and Caddoc could more than understand her concern. He scrawled his signature and hande
