Passions of the Ghost

386 Pages·2006·3.22 MB·English

by  Sara Mackenzie

S M
ARA ACKENZIE

P
ASSIONS

GOOFF TTHHEE
HOST
To Emma,
who helps me in so many ways.
A big thank you!
Contents
Prologue
The Sorceress strode through the great
cathedral, enjoying the sense… 1
One
Reynald stood perfectly still. Despite the
darkness and the dank… 4
Two
Amy felt the prince’s hands drop away
from her. He… 15
Three
Reynald stood in the antechamber and
glowered at the big… 26
Four
Reynald looked up. And stared in utter
amazement. 38
Five
The Ghost was looking back at her, and
she could… 47
Six
Reynald peered grimly through the arrow
slit and saw that… 60
Seven
Reynald woke to the sound of a bell.
Deep, somber… 71
Eight
Amy couldn’t think straight. Did he mean
to dedicate the… 81
Nine
The dragon stretched, stiffly testing each
muscle and sinew. She… 93
Ten
While Amy slept, the Ghost made his way
down the… 106
Eleven
Amy woke suddenly and glared at the
illuminated numbers on… 116
Twelve
Reynald watched her walk off. He was
disppointed that she… 126
Thirteen
Amy had barely taken a step into the
reception area… 137
Fourteen
Reynald was climbing the stairs as
Amy was coming down. 145
Fifteen
“You again!” 159
Sixteen
“Rey!” she shrieked. “There’s something
behind us!” 170
Seventeen
She was a liar, and she’d lied to him. She
wasn’t… 178
Eighteen
Amy stood by the bar in her slinky black
dress… 190
Nineteen
The girl’s name was Morwenna, and she
was young and… 202
Twenty
Reynald felt a new lightness. As if his
body might… 215
Twenty-one
Jez answered his door on the third knock.
Silently, he… 224
Twenty-two
Reynald had always found peace in the
castle chapel, and… 233
Twenty-three
The mock-battle was to have been held
outside in the… 242
Twenty-four
Jez had arrived late at the pavilion to
watch the… 256
Twenty-five
Reynald took the stairs. He knew he
had no time… 264
Twenty-six
“Where is he? Where’s Jez?” Amy
knew she was asking… 277
Twenty-seven
Reynald knew where they were. Soaring
high above them was… 290
Twenty-eight
Amy was desperately shaking her head
and waving her arms,… 299
Twenty-nine
Nicco returned to his room. He’d spent a
pleasant hour… 310
Thirty
Amy was right about Coster, but it gave
her no… 314
Thirty-one
It was Jez who found them. They’d
returned to Amy’s… 326
Thirty-two
Reynald was feeling dizzy. His head was
spinning like that… 332
Thirty-three
Amy let out a surprised shriek. The sound
was only… 345
Thirty-four
Reynald was concentrating so totally that
when the light failed,… 353
Epilogue
The Sorceress sat quietly. This room was
one of her… 370
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Prologue
The Sorceress strode through the great
cathedral, enjoying the sense of space around her.
Incense burned, lowers bloomed, and there was a
deep, ancient silence.
She smiled, congratulating herself. Everything
had gone very well with her past two attempts at
improving history, and she hoped for more suc-
cess again this time.
She entered a white marble chapel bleached by
the light of many beeswax candles. The man in re-
pose upon his tomb was big—he’d once been called
a giant among men—and his powerful arms and
chest proclaimed him a warrior.
But Reynald de Mortimer had been far more
than that.
With his white-blond hair and gray, almost
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