Christopher
November 17, 1842
Christopher Fenwicke, Viscount Huddleston, sat alone before the fire in his room at Lyden castle. He’d been coming here since he was a small boy, as his Aunt Adina was an identical twin to his deceased mother, Alana.
Adina had endured much in her seventy-five years. With what she’d learned from living with and caring for his uncle after his return from an American military prison, Christopher knew sending Nathaniel here after what he’d experienced in Afghanistan was the right thing to do. That, and Christopher owed it to the young man, for Christopher had done something terrible upon learning that Nathaniel was in love with his daughter Penelope.
When Christopher’s regular translator had fallen ill at the time Christopher had to leave, Chawsbridge had aske
