‘Oh, Katy!’ Morgana enfolded the girl in her arms.
‘Well done, Katy,’ Sloane said.
They walked to the area behind a storage shed where Rose anxiously waited. ‘Miss Hart, oh, are you all right?’
Morgana, Rose and Katy hugged each other.
Cripps stood nearby, looking very smug. ‘Had the devil of a time finding a way to set a candle under the bag, but Miss Katy and I worked it out.’
‘You did very well.’ Sloane shook the man’s hand. ‘Where is Elliot? Did he find Lucy?’
Morgana broke away. ‘Lucy?’
Cripps gestured to the side of the shed where Elliot and Lucy clung to each other. Elliot held her face in his hands and was raining kisses on it.
‘Oh, my!’ Morgana said.
‘Looks pleasant enough.’ Sloane grabbed Morgana and gave her a kiss that heated her from top to toe. She was breathless when he released her.
‘We have to leave.’ He called to Elliot. ‘Come on! This way.’
Their homecoming in Morgana’s drawing room was full of joyful tears. Miss Moore clasped Morgana against her bosom, tears streaming down her cheeks. Morgana’s grandmother smiled and said, ‘Lovely to see you, my dear.’ Amy had an equally tearful reunion with her sister and then insisted Morgana come with her to be tidied up.
Morgana had no wish to be separated from Sloane for even a flick of an eye, but knew she must look a fright. Besides, she quite longed to feel clean again.
As Amy helped her wash and chattered on about how surprising it was that Lucy and Mr Elliot had fallen in love and how grateful she was to Sloane for saving her sister, all Morgana could think of was wanting to return to Sloane’s side.
He came to save them all. As much as she’d hurt him that morning, he still came to rescue them. Morgana’s hands went to her throat, remembering the moment she’d thought she’d taken her last breath. Sloane had saved her.
‘You are bruised all over, Miss Hart,’ Amy said, though it was no news to Morgana, who felt each and every one.
She glanced in the mirror. Even by candlelight, she could see the ugly black circle around her eye. She shook her head. It did not matter. Nothing mattered except that everyone was safe. Sloane had seen to it.
‘Oh, do hurry, Amy,’ Morgana said.
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