A Dark Romance
"Natalie, have you and Francis been at it again?"
"We're always arguing," I answered.
"However, this seems different," Nora said, her eyes filled with concern. "He's been in such a foul mood. He even trashed his study yesterday."
The thought of Francis breaking stuff was hard to picture. He was scary when mad, sure, but he usually kept his cool and did not wreck things.
"Why?" I asked, taken aback.
Nora hesitated, then whispered, "It's because of Mr. Collins."
Bernard Collins: heir to a rival family, Francis' supposed friend, but the man was really his competitor.
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