Aiden placed a hand on the hilt of the knife tucked in his belt as he settled onto the back of his horse. The Dark Forest was eerily quiet. Behind him was a train of his companions, Ashton, Brock, Brodie, Charles, and Cedric, along with a handful of men recruited the night of Lady Eugenia’s ball who were able to leave England immediately.
It had been two weeks since his wife had been abducted, but it felt as though he had aged a thousand years. The Lady Fair, Ashton’s fastest ship, had chased the horizon, searching for a glimpse of the vessel that had taken Anna, Aiden and his companions hoping that they could board the ship before she reached port.
Lady FairOnce, before a storm, they thought they had spotted the other ship, but then the wind rose and the skies darkened and they had to t
