Chapter 31
Erica walked deep into the moors, headed for O’Flagnery’s Lodge a plan formulating in her mind. She had to find a way to separate Marcus and Bridgett, but she’d have to keep her part in whatever happened secret. Reaching the gates to the lodge, Erica pounded and screamed until the wicket gate finally opened. “Tell Douglass O’Flagnery that I wish to see him,” Erica announced to the manservant who answered. “And why would I do that?” came his surly reply. “I bring word about his pending great-grandson,” she answered, pushing against the wood, trying to force it open. Suddenly, with a cry of surprise, the man vanished and the face of Douglass himself appeared in its place. “What about my heir?” he asked, his yellow teeth flashing in the torchlight. “I wish to come in and speak with you
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