The Duke's Men [1] What The Duke Desires - Plot & Excerpts
What good was it to have found Peter, only to lose him in the end? “You saw Victor?” Lisette asked in a shaky voice. “Just now. I . . . I went in to tell the doctor that the quarantine had been lifted, and . . .” His throat closed up. “Victor was so ill that the doctor had resorted to bleeding him. He was thrashing, and I had to help . . . hold him down. Oh, God, my brother is dying. And there isn’t a damned thing I can do to stop it!” After shutting the door, she came to sit beside him on the bunk. “First of all, we’re still not even certain that he is your brother.” She patted his hand reassuringly. “And secondly, we’re definitely not certain that he’s going to die.” Maximilian ignored the part about Victor not being his brother. The resemblance to Father was too strong to ignore. Victor had to be Peter. Lisette threaded her fingers through his.
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