Secrets of a Wallflower (LORDS & LADIES OF MAYFAIR #8) by Laura Beers EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Laura Beers
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England, 1813
The sun was low in the sky as Miss Simone Delacourt stood in the gardens.
She brought her wrist back, and with expert precision, aiming for a mark at
least twenty yards away, released the dagger towards the target. It
embedded in the center, just as she had intended.
Simone had been gifted her first dagger by her mother when she was
eight years old. They had spent countless hours together as she perfected
her aim and it was a time that she cherished, especially since her mother
died nearly two years ago.
Throwing daggers was an odd skill for a genteel lady to be proficient in,
but her mother had been anything but conventional. She loved learning new
skills, just for the sake of learning. And that had been something Simone
had admired about her mother. It was something she wished to emulate.
The sound of approaching footsteps drew her attention and Simone
watched the butler come to a stop a short distance away. “Your father
wishes to see you, Miss,” Clarke informed her.
Simone hesitated. Her father had hardly uttered a word to her in weeks,
and when he had, it had been in passing. It had been this way since her
mother had drowned. She felt as if she had lost both parents that fateful day.
Her father seemed lost in his grief, unable to move on.
“Are you sure?” Simone asked.
Clarke’s face softened, and she knew that he understood why she had
asked such a thing. “I am,” he replied. “And it is best if you don’t keep him
waiting.” His words were spoken with kindness that was all too familiar.
Simone smiled at the white-haired butler. He had been working for their
family since before she was born. As of late, he felt like more of a father
figure than her own. “Let me collect my dagger,” she said before she
approached the target.
After she retrieved the dagger, she slipped it into an opening in her
gown that her lady’s maid had created for her.
They started walking back towards the townhouse and Simone found
herself curious as to why her father had summoned her. An uneasy feeling
came to her stomach, and she had learned long ago not to discount her
emotions so easily.
Once they arrived at the study, Clarke stopped at the open door and
offered her an encouraging look. “You will be just fine.”
Simone was grateful for the butler’s comforting presence. She was not
one to get nervous, but standing outside of her father’s study, a wave of
nervousness washed over her.
“Thank you,” Simone responded before she stepped into the study.
Her father was sitting at his desk, his head hunched over his ledgers.
She took a moment to study him. He was tall, dark-haired, but the wrinkles
on his face were starting to deepen, marking his advancing age. He had a
commanding presence about him, one that had terrified her when she had
been a child. But she was not so young anymore and he had never treated
her harshly. He just treated her with indifference now.
Simone thought it was best to make her presence known and not keep
him waiting. “Father, you wished to see me,” she said, walking further into
the room.
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