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Now it was Morgan’s turn to feel foolish. All this time he had been ready to threaten and intimidate, even abduct her if necessary, and it had all been just a strange quirk of fate.
“Forgive me for intruding on your party,” Morgan said, giving her a curt bow. “’Twould seem we have both jumped to conclusions.”
“Well, Serenity certainly does that enough,” her sister said indelicately.
Pulling his gloves on, Morgan smiled again. “Allow me to wish you a happy birthday, Miss James, and I shall take up no more of your time.”
Serenity watched as her mysterious visitor walked out of the library.
He was gone.
A strange feeling enveloped her. One that warned her she had somehow just defied fate.
“I, too, must be going,” Douglas said, then followed after Morgan.
For several thundering heartbeats, Serenity stared out the open door. Her pirate was truly gone, and now she knew they would never again meet.
Nor would she ever know his name.
Oh, what did it matter? It wasn’t as if there could have ever been anything between them anyway. Handsome men like him never paid heed to women like her. Nay, such handsome men were always attracted to beautiful women like Honor and Heather Smith.
“What a strange thing to happen,” Honor said, her voice breaking into Serenity’s thoughts. “Who would have thought a man like that would want to investigate your sources for your story. What could have caused him to pursue you all the way to the house?”
“What?” Serenity asked, her mind whirling at the significance of the question.
“I said, who would have thought that such—”
“Yes, who would have.”
Honor took a step back. “Serenity, you’ve got that look on your face.”
“What look?” she asked, arms akimbo.
“That you’re-thinking-something-you-shouldn’t look.”
Relaxing, Serenity smiled and tapped her fore-finger against her chin while her thoughts tumbled around. “Tell me, Honor. Whywoulda man like that pursue me so?”
“He was curious about the story.”
“Yes, butwhywould he be curious?”
“Maybe he wants to meet the Sea Wolf?”
“Or maybe heisthe Sea Wolf.”
