“She did him dirty?”
They both nodded.
“She was the one who led the church into the tunnels that got them access to Duncan and Ciarán. Her betrayal was what caused Ciarán to die. It took Duncan a while to figure it out, too.”
Oh, she was fully vested now.
Elizabeth believed in justice.
“But he did?”
They nodded again.
“We needed to figure out whose bones were in the lake, and we did. It’s haunted. Something tried to drown both Gabby and Michael.”
She didn’t like that.
Not.
At.
All.
“Oh, no.”
He continued.
“Well, when Duncan finally found out who did the deed, and he likely got the answers by torturing the servants to find out, he had Catherine drawn and quartered, or he dismembered her with his sword. We aren’t sure which. The journal has water damage. After, he dumped her in the lake.”
She looked horrified.
Elizabeth let him talk.
“We found that and more paintings in the tunnel. It looks like Duncan hid them there to keep them safe, or he was trying to move them, but didn’t have time.”
She was curious.
“We have a tunnel?”
He nodded.
“It goes further back than we went. Unfortunately, we didn’t explore it yet. That was just today. Anyway, before we get sidetracked, back to Catherine.”
It wasn’t lost on Elizabeth that was her mother’s name, and Ethan’s mother’s name too.
“What?”
He went there.
“To punish Catherine, Duncan killed her and dumped her in the lake as her final resting place. The retribution and revenge she screams about underwater is not for her, but because he killed her child, so he didn’t have anyone claiming to be an heir.”
She gasped.
“So that’s who is haunting the water?”
They both nodded.
Ian continued.
