The Ancient Spirits of Sedgwick House (Grayson Sherbrooke's Otherworldly Adventures Book 3)

  “Yes,” Miranda said, “I saw.”

  “Shall I tell Lord Lyle there is no more curse?”

  Miranda lightly touched the lid. “No, I think not. A mystery, leave it all a mystery, Grayson, and a riddle, to pass into the future. I believe it is something Lord Lyle will relish telling all his progeny. Does he have any progeny?”

  EPILOGUE

  End of September 1841

  The two carriages rolled away from Sedgwick House, away from Bowness-on-Windemere, the children hanging out the carriage windows, waving to Manu, Mrs. Moon, and Mrs. Minor, who stood waving back at them from the wide front steps.

  Oddly, since that singular night when Miranda and Grayson had managed to destroy Sadek using Nefret’s golden cuff, it hadn’t rained a single day. It was as if Manu’s lake gods had recognized their achievement and rewarded them. Manu had given Grayson a long look that morning and slowly nodded his head. “Thank you, Mr. Grayson.” Nothing more, nothing less, and Grayson was afraid to ask him exactly what he meant.

  Their final three weeks at Sedgwick House had passed quickly, too quickly for the children. They were brown, healthy as stoats, now chattering like magpies, Barnaby slipping now only rarely into cant since Miranda corrected him, and P.C. punched him.

  As Bowness-on-Windemere disappeared behind a bend, he thought again of Nefret and Kiya. He prayed both brother and sister had lived long healthy lives. Imagine, marrying your sister and it was the done thing. Who cared? It was so long ago. Grayson also prayed Kiya had ruled Egypt wisely. He smiled as he lightly touched his fingertips to the sleeve of his white linen shirt, the same linen worn by Nefret millennia before. He picked up Miranda’s hand. He knew they would stand together now, hand in hand, and look into a future not quite clear as yet.

  He felt Miranda’s breath warm on his cheek. “This, my dear, has been a month to remember.”

  “That’s true,” Barnaby sang out. “No rain for three whole weeks.”

  “It’s my birthday in seven days,” Pip said. “I know what I want for my birthday, Papa.”

  Grayson thought of a King Charles puppy soon to be born to a neighbor.

  Pip poked P.C. and Barnaby, then gave Miranda a big smile.

  About the Author

  Catherine Coulter is the author of 83 novels, including 78 New York Times bestsellers, occasionally, after exhaustive prayers, hitting #1. She earned her reputation writing historical romances to pass the time while aboard the ark. She added suspense thrillers to her repertoire – with great success. The Cove, the first book in her bestselling “FBI Suspense Thriller Series” spent nine weeks on the New York Times list and has to date sold well over 3 million copies. Since then she’s written 21 more bestselling thrillers in the series, including The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, Eleventh Hour, Blindside, Blowout, Point Blank, Double Take, Tailspin, Knockout, Whiplash, Split Second, Backfire, Bombshell, Power Play, Nemesis , Insidious and Enigma. Her 22nd FBI thriller Paradox came out in August 2018. Coulter also has a new suspense thriller series – A Brit in the FBI – co-writing with bestselling author JT Ellison. The 5th book in this action-packed series, The Sixth Day, will be out in paperback November 13, 2018. The 6th BRIT book, The Last Second, will be released in March 2019. Critics describe the Brit series as "unputdownable" and full of "heart-stopping action."

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