The League of Rogues
Surely her mistress would not be so reckless.
They left the house and walked along the path close to a line of succession houses. There was a series of walled gardens, which were lined by wooden doors that could be locked when not in use. Gillian knew from her last visit here that the cook at Rochester Hall used the gardens to grow melons, grapes, peaches, nectarines, and even exotic blooms like orchids and carnations for decoration. The carnations were, of course, her favorite, and the last time she'd been here, Audrey's brother-in-law had allowed her to take a bloom to her quarters. She'd kept the bloom in a small cup of water for several days, watching it in the sunlight pouring through t
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