Drizzle, sheer as a bride’s veil, laced the air; summer had arrived in the south ofEngland.BasildonCastle, the ancestral home of the earls ofBasildon, rose spectacularly out of the mist like a magnificent beast. Upon one of the castle’s tower walks paced a solitary young woman. Her eyes were anxious as she scanned the surrounding countryside, especially the road leading to the castle. Brigette Edwina Devereux, second daughter of the late Earl of Basildon, searched the road below and saw what she dreaded. A troop of men were riding through the light mist towardBasildonCastle. Toward her! She shivered with apprehension. “Lo! The bridegroom cometh!” whispered a voice near Brigette’s ear. She whirled around and faced her younger sister, Heather. “Once I’m wed,” Brigette countered, “the queen’s eyes will turn on you. Then you, obnoxious brat, will be wearing my slippers.” [download]
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