CHAPTER TENAn hour later Somerton Castle was in uproar with a constant line of people arriving and departing.
A roaring fire was blazing in the drawing room and Mrs. Rush was bustling around the kitchen, issuing orders in all directions, providing hot drinks, soup, beer and huge portions of cake and pie to the chattering staff and those villagers who had braved the frozen lake to search for the kidnapped Earl.
Jasmina had been rushed into a hot bath by one of the maids. She had not had any chance to see what was happening in the Great Hall or speak to the Earl after he had pulled her to safety.
Dressed in a heavy velvet wrap she braided her hair into one thick golden plait that hung down her back and made her look incredibly young.
She made her way down the back stairs as the local Con
