“This isn’t the end!” Phillip struggled as the footmen began to haul him backward. “I’ll make you pay!”
“Stupid to threaten a man of rank and with witnesses, sir. You’ll do no such thing. Or I’ll start asking what happened to my sweet little ward and you’ll swing from a hangman’s noose.” Trent’s brow furrowed with impatience. “It’s ended so prettily, don’t spoil my evening, boy! Out!”
They had him through the foyer and pushed down the steps with the added indignity of a beating to ensure that it was all he could do to crawl back onto his horse. The heavens reopened with an icy downpour and before Phillip reached the gate, his stallion was lame.
He dismounted and limped toward the village.
Broken.
A man broken with nothing.
Phillip Warrick was lost.
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Additional Books from Renee Bernard:
The Mistress Trilogy
A LADY’S PLEASURE
MADAME’S DECEPTION
A ROGUE’S GAME
The Jaded Gentlemen Series
REVENGE WEARS RUBIES
SEDUCTION WEARS SAPPHIRES
ECSTASY WEARS EMERALDS
PASSION WEARS PEARLS
OBSESSION WEARS OPALS
DESIRE WEARS DIAMONDS
School for Heiresses Anthology
MISCHIEF’S HOLIDAY (novella)
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