The League of Rogues
She didn't understand.
Morrey stood and walked over to the fireplace, bracing one hand on the mantle. "Despite the fact that our acquaintance is mere minutes old, I will confide in you, Lady Letticia, because I should like to enlist your aid." He glanced at her, a rueful smile hovering about his lips. "My mother died when I was young and my sister was a mere child. My father's loneliness was immense, and he sought comfort with a mistress, a woman named Elizabeth Brookstone. She was not of the peerage, but rather the daughter of a gentleman who'd fallen on hard times. As my father lay dying, he confessed the affair and the existence of a child, Gillian. He told me he had intended to leave the
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