Chapter SevenMoving by instinct because it was dark and there was no time to light a candle, Alvina tore from her bedroom and along the corridor towards the Master suite on the other side of The Castle.
It was quite a long way and yet she was driven by an urgency that made her run more quickly than she had ever run in her life before.
Only as she finally reached the outside door did she come to a halt and draw in her breath.
Then she turned the handle and went into the small and elegant hall from which the Duke’s rooms opened.
There was one light flickering low in a sconce on the wall that guided her to the bedroom door, which she opened without knocking.
As she entered, she saw that the Duke had drawn back the curtains and the moonlight was diffusing the room with a magic iridescence
