Susan Krinard - Lord of Sin

“Many times.”

“And no one died?”

Nothing she’d said had made any sort of difference. There would be no way to satisfy him, no way to make him forgive her, even if she wanted his forgiveness after the accusations he had made.

She closed her eyes. “No. I cannot say that there were no problems….”

“You always posed as someone else to help these people?”

“Most never learned who or what I was.” She opened her eyes, though she could not seem to see anything but the past. “I used magic for small things—spells of concealment, or of distraction. Often these were all that were needed to see that the match was encouraged.”

“The matches you determined should be made.”

She said nothing. He began pacing again. “And now?” he said. “Will you continue to utilize this magic?”

“I cannot…” The image of the vicious knife-wielder in the rookeries stopped her answer. What she had done to him, however mild…

She took a deep breath. “I did not lie when I said that my powers were fading.”

“Did you arrange your own marriage?”

New accusations. She felt anger building again. “I did not.”

“You didn’t cast a spell on Parkhill to win his love?”

“I went to his estate to nurse him, with no intention of doing anything more.”

“Yet here you are, Lady Charles.”

Laughter sounded in the reception room. Nuala thought of Deborah and Melbyrne, of the wry and gentle Mr. Erskine, of the widows who were her unquestioning friends.

“Have you heard enough, Lord Donnington?” she asked.

The storm in his eyes belied the stillness of his face. “What haven’t you told me, Nuala?”

“I have told you everything.” She moved again for the door.

“Nuala.”

“Sinjin?”

“Promise me that you will no longer interfere in the affairs of other people.”

It was almost a request. She gripped the doorjamb. “Is that your condition for ending this…this conflict between us?”

“It is.” He caught her gaze, and she could not look away. “You’ll forgive me if I don’t quite believe that your magic is gone. If you swear not to use it as a tool for your matchmaking, I will be satisfied.”

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