Page 272 of The Valiant Knight
“They were lovers. Ciarán died when someone broke into the castle to try and kill Duncan. Word got out that he liked the men more than the women—particularly that one.”
Tony whistled.
“Yeah, homosexuality was punishable by death back then. That explains why he married at all. He was trying to protect them.”
Yeah, she saw that now.
“Ciarán came before Ceit, and I doubt that he killed her. He’d have no reason to. Their affair predated it, and he likely knew that Duncan was trying to protect them.”
Tony agreed there.
“I found Ceit’s father’s name, and that’s about it. Oh,” she said, remembering. “Duncan originally put his lover in the crypt, but there was such outrage that he had no choice to move him. He buried Ciarán somewhere not in the castle. It was clear he was protecting him after death too.”
Tony thought about it.
“I found a wall that shouldn’t be there. There’s a draft in the crypt, and the wall moves a little. Graham said we need to have the construction crews take it down, but that won’t be for a while. Maybe he’s behind the wall?”
She considered it.
“I mean, maybe, but you won’t be here to work on this. I will be, though. If Graham will let me, I’ll keep helping out.”
Tony was excited for her.
“You have to let me know what you find.”
Oh, she would.
Then, it hit Tony.
“We found a letter,” he said, telling her how it was lying in the corridor when they’d both been through there.
“Really?” she asked.
“Yeah,” he said, telling her what it was about.
Gabby gasped.
“I mean, what if the fourth ghost is Ceit’s father?” she asked. “Could that be a possibility?”
At that point, anything was possible.
“Maybe,” he said. “I don’t think I’ll uncover anything else, but you might.”
Yeah, she wasn’t done here.
Not.
At.
All.
“I can’t wait to see the letter. I’ll check it out later, but for now, I’m going to send the historical archives to the printer in the storage room. Can you put them with the book?” she asked.
That he could do. They already put the letter they found in there.
“I’m going to read over them first. Graham is laying down again.”
“Hangover?” she asked.
