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“And please, allow me to introduce my cousin Rose.”

Chapter 2
    “A pleasure to make your acquaintance,” Kit said, barely looking at the beautiful blonde. He could tell from Owen’s frantic expression that time was slipping away fast. If they didn’t leave now, they might very well be spending the night in gaol. With that thought in mind, he bent down and hoisted Alex into his arms. Thank God the boy hadn’t grown into his adult weight, otherwise Kit’s leg would never support the task. As it was, he worried that he wouldn’t be able to walk the distance required.
    “Oh my,” breathed the real beauty, the brown-haired angel with the pretty voice and the kind eyes. “Are you sure you should do that? We could probably fashion of liter of some sort.”
    Kind and smart. She had correctly guessed his difficulty and made a suggestion without pointing out his damnable leg. But they didn’t have time, so he shook his head. “I’ll be fine,” he said as he began maneuvering his way toward the front door. Owen rushed ahead, pushing the gawkers out of the way. Meanwhile, the blonde chose that moment to hiss to her cousin.
    “But we can’t take him home with us! He attacked the earl! The countess will give us the cut direct, and then neither of us will ever marry!”
    Kit didn’t bother to look as the shrill noise cut through his thoughts. In an odd way, the sound was comforting. It had been nearly a decade since he’d heard a spoiled beauty in hysterics. It brought back his childhood and the vague urge to tease the woman out of her tantrum. But just then Alex began to stir and he had to focus on maneuvering quickly through Michael’s drawing room.
    “Hush, Rose, of course that won’t happen,” returned the brown-eyed angel.
    “You know Father will never allow this. You shouldn’t have invited them. It’s your country ways. They just don’t serve in London!”
    Kit made it out the front door, but he didn’t know which carriage was theirs. So he paused, watching the women as they moved forward still whispering loudly between them.
    “It will be fine, Rose. It’s very proper with your father there. And the countess will not cut us. We’re helping her husband’s cousin.”
    “But he attacked the earl!”
    The angel sighed, her expression clearly exasperated and a little guilty. It had been seven years since he’d last been in polite society, but he did recall that as a rule, unmarried women did not invite men home with them. A gentleman would find a way to stay at a hostelry. Fortunately, it had been a long time since he’d been a gentleman, so he could conveniently ignore the prompting of his conscience. He wanted to stay near the women—both of them—and that whim he could indulge. What he truly wanted with the angel, however, even he wouldn’t do. Meanwhile, a carriage pulled up, one with a crest on the side and a footman leaping to assist.
    “Your carriage?” he asked, turning slightly toward the women.
    “Yes, yes,” the angel rushed to say.
    Meanwhile Alex was definitely stirring, and he murmured to the boy. “You’re safe. You’re fine. Just stay quiet a moment more and we’ll be away.”
    “He’s not safe!” gasped the girl. “He’ll murder us all!”
    “Rose!” the angel gasped, clearly at the end of her patience. “Just get in and be quiet.” She didn’t even wait as the beauty huffed dramatically and stomped into the carriage. Instead, she gestured to the footman. “Thomas! Do you think you could help us please? Perhaps support the boy’s head?”
    The footman jumped to assist, and Kit gratefully surrendered some of the boy’s weight. “Help me lay him on the seat,” he said, and together he and the footman maneuvered around the gasping beauty to set the boy down. Then finally, blessedly, he was able to straighten his back and leg.
    “Maddy!” squealed the girl inside. “He’s waking up!”
    “Hush! Don’t startle him!” snapped the angel. “Sir, if you would