Read The Raven Prince (Princes #1)(9) online free by Elizabeth Hoyt
Author: Elizabeth Hoyt
There it was, nestled beside its taller mates, just as she’d left it. The slim red book seemed to beckon her. Anna drew it out and opened it to the title page. The print was ornate and barely readable: The Raven Prince. There was no author given. She raised her eyebrows and flipped several pages until she came to an illustration of a giant black raven, far larger than the ordinary bird. It stood on a stone wall beside a man with a long white beard and a weary expression on his face. Anna frowned. The raven’s head was tilted as if it knew something the old man didn’t, and its beak was open as though it might—
“What do you have there?”
The earl’s deep tones startled her so badly that Anna did drop the book this time. How had such a large man moved so silently? He crossed the carpet now, with no regard to the muddy tracks he left, and picked up the book at her feet. His expression went flat when he saw the cover. She couldn’t tell what he was thinking.
Then he looked up. “I thought I’d order tea,” he said prosaically. He tugged at the bellpull.
The big dog thrust his muzzle in his master’s free hand. Lord Swartingham scrubbed the dog’s head and turned to place the book in the drawer of his desk.
Anna cleared her throat. “I was just looking. I hope you don’t mind—”
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