Chapter 118: Epilogue

Daniel Sheffield rapped his knuckles on the door to Hugo Waverly's study.

"Enter."

Daniel nudged the door open and sauntered in. This was not going to be good news he delivered, and he hoped playing calm would help to lessen his master's rage.

They'd had a perfect plan. It shouldn't have gone awry. Once their man in Brighton had sent word Al Zahrani's ship had docked and he was making his move, Waverly had informed the Royal Navy and dispatched the HMS Ranger with orders to sink the ship to send a message to slave traders operating in English waters. No prisoners were to be taken under any circumstances.

What Daniel hadn't expected, and neither had Waverly, was Lord Lennox's timely interference.

"Well? Is it done?" Waverly looked up from his desk covered in papers, most of them bearing royal seals.

"No. The HMS Ranger was intercepted by Lord Lennox's ship, which informed them of British subjects being held captive on the ship."