Why Mermaids Sing by C. S. Harris EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: C. S. Harris
- Language: English
- Genre: Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Fiction
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SATURDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 18II, ON THE ROAD BETWEEN MERTON ABBEY
AND LONDON
Fear twisted Dominic Stanton’s stomach, compressed his chest until his
breath came shallow and quick.
He told himself he was being a fool. A fool and a coward. He was a
Stanton, for Christ’s sake. In less then two months, he would be nineteen
years old. Men his age—younger, much younger—went off to war. Yet here
he was just a few miles outside London and he was acting like some silly
girl from the village, about to pee his pants with fear every time the thunder
rumbled or the rising wind rustled the oak leaves overhead.
A copse of mingled oak and chestnut closed around him. Dominic
kneed his mare into a canter. Dusk was only just beginning to fall, but the
heavy cloud cover and the thickness of the grove created their own eerie air
of twilight. Over the keening of the wind, he could hear the faint clip-clop
of a horse’s hooves coming from somewhere behind him. He wasn’t
imagining it again, was he? He glanced over his shoulder at the empty road
curving away out of sight. “Jesus,” he whispered.
It was his mother’s fault, he decided. She was the one who’d insisted he
make it home in time for her stupid dinner party. If it weren’t for her, he’d
still be back at the pub with Charlie and Burlington and the rest, calling for
another round and talking over each blow and rally of the prizefight they’d
all ridden down to Merton Abbey to watch. Instead, here he was riding back
to London alone at dusk with a storm about to break.
Telling himself he was hurrying because he was going to be late,
Dominic urged his mare on faster…and felt his saddle begin to slip.
Shit. Stupid ostler, forgetting to tighten the girth. Dominic reined in, his
face slick with cold sweat. Casting another quick glance around, he hopped
down from the saddle. His fingers were shaky, clumsy. Throwing the stirrup
leather out of the way, he fumbled for the buckle and heard the rattle of
harness, the clatter of wheels coming up behind.
He whirled around, his mare tossing her head and sidestepping
nervously away from him. A horse and carriage loomed out of the darkness.
“Oh my God,” whispered Dominic as the driver drew up
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