But she had never envisaged for one moment that he would come out onto the roof, but rather that he would bolt the trap door to make it impossible for Jason to enter The Castle.
The Duke, however, was looking at his cousin with contempt.
“Do you really imagine that you can murder me and not be hanged for your crime?”
“It is unfortunate that you were foolish enough to come up to the tower when you could have died far more comfortably in your bed,” Jason sneered, “and to bring that tiresome chit, Alvina, with you was an even greater mistake.”
“Certainly from your point of view,” the Duke said. “Criminals always dislike a witness to their crime.”
He was talking normally, but at the same time trying to work out how he could reach Jason and knock him out without being badly wounded by the
