The knock on Charlotte’s bedroom door the next morning came as a surprise. She knew that Lord Hunt did not wake in the early hours.. It didn’t make much sense then for someone to be knocking at her door. Charlotte knew that they were the only ones present in the castle now since he had dismissed everyone else. She almost rolled over to go back to sleep until the knock persisted.

Unable to ignore it, she finally got herself out of bed and moved to open the door. Pulling it ...