Dark and Stormy

Gently reared Martin finds himself adrift without means when his uncle goes bankrupt with gambling debts. He seeks a livelihood as tutor to the young children of an earl on a remote Welsh estate. Arriving on a dark and stormy night that sets the tone for his whole adventure, he falls into intrigue, mystery, and powerful new loves -- for the three traumatized children and their enigmatic guardian.<br><br>Dylan has been called back from service in South Africa when his elder brother supposedly finds his wife with another man, kills the pair and then himself. He’ll now have to assume most duties of the earldom, raise his nephew to majority and care for three orphaned children. Desperate for help, he hires a young man sight unseen to become their tutor while he works to uncover the facts of the scandalous tragedy that tore apart his family. Both matters reveal surprising results.

Deirdre O’Dare · LGBT+

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23 Chs

Chapter 17

Then came the night he would never forget, one that came so close to a new installment to the old tragedy that it left him with nightmares for several weeks.Chapter 5

Dylan had been away for a ten-day, leaving with obvious reluctance, on some business he declared he could not ignore, as much as he’d have preferred to stay home, keep watch and spend time both with the children and with Martin. His first night back, he invited Martin to come to his room as soon as the children were abed.

They’d established a habit of sharing the evening meal, all five of them, and Dylan often took a role in seeing the three youngsters off to their beds after an hour or so of quiet play to let their meal settle. Sometimes, he even read them a story. When he did not, Martin took that task and had even convinced Emmaline to read a bit as well. When she read aloud, her stutter almost vanished and he could see progress in her regular speech as a result. Donovan, though, remained stubbornly mute.

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