Part 47 (2/2)
”I have to find Julia,” he told her. Pulling an amulet from his pocket, he held it up for her to see. ”Look at this, Elizabeth. I found it yesterday and bought it for you.”
Her heat glazed eyes slowly focused on the medallion. ”What is it?”
”A - good luck charm. Let me put it on for you.” He fastened the clasp around her neck. ”There. Now, how do you feel?”
She took a deep breath. ”It's - strange. I don't feel hot anymore.”
Julia came in, and was immediately concerned to find Quentin hovering over Elizabeth. ”Elizabeth. What's wrong?”
”Nothing now, Julia. But just a moment ago, I felt as if my entire body was slowly burning up. I don't understand it.”87.
”Are you sure you're all right now?”
”Yes.”
Julia checked her pulse. ”A little rapid. It was probably just nerves. You shouldn't have let Angelique upset you.”
”Angelique? What are you talking about?”
”Someone told me that you and she had an argument earlier.”
”Whoever told you that was wrong. Angelique was here most of the day, but we didn't argue about anything. She's been a great help since - Roger became ill.”
Julia saw the medallion. ”That's a lovely medallion, Elizabeth. I don't think I've ever seen you wear it before.”
”No. Quentin just gave it to me.”
”And I expect you to wear it,” he said softly, with an undercurrent of iron in his tone.
”I certainly will. I need all the luck I can get right now.”
”Why don't you go on up to bed, Elizabeth? I'll be up in a minute - unless you need some help?”
”No. I don't think so. I feel quite myself now. Thank you for the gift, Quentin.”
”You're very welcome.”
Quentin saw her to the door, then turned to pour himself a brandy as Julia came to him. ”Would you please tell me what is going on around here? Barnabas told me that he heard -”
”Barnabas heard exactly what Angelique wanted him to hear, Julia. There was no argument. Angelique came up with this plan to prove that Barnabas is being possessed by Judah Zachary.”
”No.” Julia fought to control her panic. ”Not Judah. He - he was destroyed.”
”Gerard Stiles was destroyed,” he pointed out. ”Not Judah. Evidently, he's just been biding his time until he could try again.”
Julia felt faint, and sat down heavily. ”He can't succeed. We have to stop him, Quentin. I'm not sure at the moment whether he's using Angelique or Barnabas
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