you come here for tea. I am not so sure the weather will be as good tomorrow. I would not want you to be caught in the rain.” “Thank you for being to considerate but I wanted you to be alone with me.” “I will arrange for us to have complete privacy, Lord Thornton. Do not worry yourself.” “I look forward to it then. I shall be here by two?” “Yes, that is most agreeable. I will await you then.”
Everyone else departed the mansion and it quieted down in the parlor. The new Lady Darby pranced into her husband’s arms and smothered him with kisses. “I am so happy to be your wife. I am excited that we are at last alone.” Sebastian sighed. “I must go see my cousins again and ask about Horace. It seems he met with an accident.” Constance closed her eyes tightly and shook her head. “You think they did what the Constable was talking about? My God, would they do that to me or you?” “No, I think they were protecting you but I must find out for sure. You stay here and I will return in an hour.” Constance shook her head. “No, I will not let you out of my sight. I don’t trust any of your relatives and those cousins are very weird to say the least.” “It is better if you stay behind but if you must come then let’s get it over with.” He grabbed his coat from the hall peg and her pelisse. “ It might be windy in the tunnels.” They moved to the stairs and disappeared into the lower depths of the house.
After a lengthy silence Constance swallowed and asked Sebastian what she was supposed to do concerning his cousins. “Do I accept them or notice them or how should I act around them?” “They are our family. We treat them the same and just acknowledge they are a little different. They usually don’t cause a disturbance within the family. Something set them off on Horace. He must have been doing something very bad for the family.” He paused outside of Cousin Devlin Snead’s rooms. “This is Cousin Devlin Snead’s rooms he is another cousin. He stays to himself more than the others. I do not think I have seen him in the house for years. I saw him at the cemetery when father was buried but that was the first time in a very long time.” He knocked on the door and there was only silence. “Devlin? Are you in here? I need to ask you about Horace? He swung the door wide and paced a bit inside the room looking from side to side. It was a very dark and duty room. It did not look like anyone lived in the room at all. It was very quiet in there too, like a grave. Devlin stepped out of the closet and smiled. He seemed to slither around the room “I am right here cousin. I can tell you what happened to Horace. He was being a very nasty fellow when it came to the announcement of your impending marriage. He was fooling around with Lady Tracy Lee Penton. She was using him to get information on you. He also helped to steal a few things for her. He blackmailed her about the thefts and she decided he was no more use to her.” Devlin paced the room and slithered into a corner. “His temper got the better of him so he slapped her around. Then he decided to take Lady Constance and kill her for Lady Penton.” Devlin sat down and looked at Lady Constance with apologetic eyes. “He thought that would get him back into her good graces.” Devlin shook his head and shrugged his shoulders, as his eyes seemed to flare in the darkness of the room. “He was wrong. When he tried to call he was sent packing. She would not speak to him so he decided he would kill Lady Constance himself and get into your mother’s good graces. He took Lady Constance to the woods and laid her on the ground and took a large rock to bash her head in. Cousin Alfred saw him outside with Lady Constance. Cousin Driscoll followed too and saw it all. He quickly stopped him. He fed off of Horace’s
Everyone else departed the mansion and it quieted down in the parlor. The new Lady Darby pranced into her husband’s arms and smothered him with kisses. “I am so happy to be your wife. I am excited that we are at last alone.” Sebastian sighed. “I must go see my cousins again and ask about Horace. It seems he met with an accident.” Constance closed her eyes tightly and shook her head. “You think they did what the Constable was talking about? My God, would they do that to me or you?” “No, I think they were protecting you but I must find out for sure. You stay here and I will return in an hour.” Constance shook her head. “No, I will not let you out of my sight. I don’t trust any of your relatives and those cousins are very weird to say the least.” “It is better if you stay behind but if you must come then let’s get it over with.” He grabbed his coat from the hall peg and her pelisse. “ It might be windy in the tunnels.” They moved to the stairs and disappeared into the lower depths of the house.
After a lengthy silence Constance swallowed and asked Sebastian what she was supposed to do concerning his cousins. “Do I accept them or notice them or how should I act around them?” “They are our family. We treat them the same and just acknowledge they are a little different. They usually don’t cause a disturbance within the family. Something set them off on Horace. He must have been doing something very bad for the family.” He paused outside of Cousin Devlin Snead’s rooms. “This is Cousin Devlin Snead’s rooms he is another cousin. He stays to himself more than the others. I do not think I have seen him in the house for years. I saw him at the cemetery when father was buried but that was the first time in a very long time.” He knocked on the door and there was only silence. “Devlin? Are you in here? I need to ask you about Horace? He swung the door wide and paced a bit inside the room looking from side to side. It was a very dark and duty room. It did not look like anyone lived in the room at all. It was very quiet in there too, like a grave. Devlin stepped out of the closet and smiled. He seemed to slither around the room “I am right here cousin. I can tell you what happened to Horace. He was being a very nasty fellow when it came to the announcement of your impending marriage. He was fooling around with Lady Tracy Lee Penton. She was using him to get information on you. He also helped to steal a few things for her. He blackmailed her about the thefts and she decided he was no more use to her.” Devlin paced the room and slithered into a corner. “His temper got the better of him so he slapped her around. Then he decided to take Lady Constance and kill her for Lady Penton.” Devlin sat down and looked at Lady Constance with apologetic eyes. “He thought that would get him back into her good graces.” Devlin shook his head and shrugged his shoulders, as his eyes seemed to flare in the darkness of the room. “He was wrong. When he tried to call he was sent packing. She would not speak to him so he decided he would kill Lady Constance himself and get into your mother’s good graces. He took Lady Constance to the woods and laid her on the ground and took a large rock to bash her head in. Cousin Alfred saw him outside with Lady Constance. Cousin Driscoll followed too and saw it all. He quickly stopped him. He fed off of Horace’s
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