Bones For Bread (The Scarlet Plumiere) - Plot & Excerpts
If the outlaw decided to come take his last mount, the clever strategy would be to sleep in the stables. It would make their inevitable meeting more probable, and the sooner the better. After he had removed the so-called curse from the property, he could find a more hospitable place to spend his summer. He certainly wasn’t ready to head back to London, but there was something to be said for a good night’s sleep when one did not fear what one might wake to find in the morning. Or rather, wake to find missing.He’d known the cattle would be taken as soon as they’d arrived, but he’d lain awake for two nights before The Reaper got ‘round to collecting them. He thought it might be easier to sleep after the bait had been taken, but he doubted he’d rest much tonight unless he brought the mare into the house and slept on the animal’s back. Even then, he would not be surprised to wake up in the morning to find that he’d been kidnapped right along with the horse.Surely, out of spite, The Reaper would come for more instead of returning the rest, for why would the villain care for the fate of a single boy?
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