Page 283 of The Valiant Knight
He did.
“Ceit’s father was coming here, and Gabby thinks that he killed her when she was trying to divorce Duncan. That would bring him shame, and he had a backup plan. Daughter number two.”
Graham sighed.
“That’s shitty. Buying and selling people makes me want to puke, and that’sNOTthe alcohol talking.”
Yeah, on that, they agreed.
“We’ve also come to the conclusion that we likely won’t get anything else done here. That wall is going to take time to be approved for demolition, and I have to leave. Gabby is going to come back to live here, so she’ll pop in and help when she can.”
Graham was kind of glad she would be here.
He didn’t want to be alone anymore.
“I’m glad I’ll have company.”
Tony was happy for that too.
He was hoping this man pulled through and made it. Losing anyone to suicide wasn’t a good thing. It did so much damage to those left behind.
“She sent me pages from the archives, and I’ve printed them out and put them with the book. If someone picks up after us, or Gabby keeps working it, they’ll have the breadcrumbs to follow.”
He appreciated that.
“Callen would be grateful. I hope they send more people. The castle feels less sad when it’s filled with happiness.”
Tony was curious.
“Are you going to hold up?” he asked. “Because I swear to God if I go home and find out you took your life, Graham, I’m going to be angry.”
He laughed.
“I won’t. I’m better now. Gryphen said that Elizabeth was looking for D’Artangnan, and I’ll busy myself with trying to find anything more on Duncan and Ciarán.”
That was good.
Idle hands were the Devil’s workshop.
“We also know that Ciarán was put in that third crypt, and thus, the bone fragments I found. It was created for him, but Duncan moved his body so that the people in town wouldn’t destroy him out of disgust over him being gay.”
Graham sighed.
“Why can’t people just let the gays do their thing. No one is hurting anyone.”
On that, Tony agreed.
Love was love.
“I have no idea, Graham, but maybe you can work on finding his remains. Gabby said that in the archive, she found out what happened to him.”
He was curious. He’d assumed he’d just died from illness or war.
“What?” he asked.
Tony shared.
“Their secret came out, and people snuck into the castle, and they tried to kill Duncan in his sleep. Ciarán saved him by sacrificing his life.”
