All Chapters of THE RELUCTANT GROOM: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Trudging down the lane in a rapid speed, the horses were running in full speed, the driver hitting the horses again at Nicholas’s sharp command. “Ride faster, we have to get to the Stone mansion now, damn these turnoff roads, there are so many bumps and ditches, they really are a death sentence” The carriage suddenly lodged into a ditch, the horses neighing loudly “Damn these roads” Nicholas cursed under his breath, He stepped out of the carriage to observe the wreck to the carriage, squeezing his face up in a twist, just one of the horses remained standing, the others lay dead, blood splashing out from their body. Nicholas was bewildered, it was just a small ditch, the horses should at least have been injured not dead. What was going on?  Allan was also nowhere to be found.  He noticed as he looked about bewilderedly “What joke was this? What game was that boy playing?” Nicholas mused, alarmed at the situation. He freed the

The hurried sound of hoof beat coming at his back was not enough to make Jared slow down, this was much more than a mission to him. His life was at stake. He had finally found someone who was his, one who could look him in the eye and was not the least bit afraid to say or mind or challenge him. Nicholas Sanders was a cunny old bastard, bless his dead soul. The entire lineage was so cunny and wickedly so. Mary had captured him so subtly, he had never thought he could be so drugged in her. She was always the spoilt brat to him until he had slept in her warmth and taken in her essence. She was a drug he would not give up. Ortom was a joker. Glancing back, he saw Mike on the horse, but he was not alone, he was with a beaten down looking Allan. Jared brought his horse to a halt “Where the heck did you run off to Allan” He demanded as he pulled the boy roughly off his brother’s horse. Allan fell to the floor like a sack of grains not resisting “Calm do

Jared knew he would never be able to forgive himself, if Mary got hurt from his recklessness, he should have killed Ortom when he first entered Western Creek.He always protected everyone else, he protected his brother, Evangeline he protected Western Creek, but never had he protected what was truly his, Mary was his and he had let her down. He had been unable to protect her father. And now she was in the hands of Ortom, who Jared knew, the monster won’t keep his hands to himself as Mary was within his reach.Ortom’s whereabouts was not a mystery to him as it was to Michael, He had once roamed the jungle so he knew all the places where hidden buildings lay. There was just one such upright building in Western Creek and it was a military fortress and easily accessible to Ortom and his goons. All other such fortresses in Western Creek were all in ruins.He had come across the building before on his many wandering.  He had been greeted

Everyone sat about the Sanders Mansion with gloom written all over their faces after they had buried Nicholas Sanders in his home. Nicholas Sanders might not be well-liked by the townspeople but his last heroic act had come to the notice of the people and they all turned up in large amounts to mourn him. The burial had been a private one and quick one. The people around had only been invited to eat and take gifts home.Mrs Sanders was the most hit by her the loss of her husband, she had railed and wailed when she saw his lifeless body in the Stone Mansion. It had taken Mary and Catherine Stone to calm her down and explain the whole situation to her. She had gone mute ever since and had withdrawn from everyone so they all took turns to watch her every move.   Mary sat with her mother in her room, consoling her. She loved her father a lot, She had been proud, being Mary Sanders but she guessed her mother missed him more, the way she was currently missing her husband a

“I cannot and will not defend the actions of the late King, he was my father and I know him all too well. I was still a young prince then, Commander. What power did I have in court? I knew my father was a cruel man but there was no way I could stop him or challenge him. He was the king and powerful. At that time all I could think of was that when I because King, I would change everything and make everything right for the people. But where has that gotten me, new atrocities that he did come up every day even when it has been years ago.  I should have opposed his actions a lot sooner than this, maybe the Kingdom would be more peaceful” He paused looking at Jared, “It took the King killing someone I love the most in the world for me to begin to fight his decisions. He had her poisoned, My mother…” He said sorrowfully“You still think I am involved in your father’s death. No, I am not, I heard from his Chief adviser at the time. The