Radcliffe seems to be concerned about his daughter's disappearance. In Quick Juliet discovers a newspaper article written by Lucy's father, John Radcliffe, who was the King's Club's financier. The next day Juliet and Lucy walk into Quick to order Juliet's wedding dress. The only way to cure him is to remove that part of his brain. He tells them that the Beast discovered that he was created through a mistake by Juliet's father resulting in damage to the reptilian portion of his brain. Edward regains consciousness and tells Juliet and Lucy that he is unable to fight off the Beast taking over his personality. That night Juliet meets Hensley, a young boy who McKenna identifies as Elizabeth's son who wanders through the house's many hidden tunnels and passageways. Montgomery worries about Juliet's obsession with her father's research and her apparent ease in killing the King's Club men. Valentina teaches the young servant girls who live on the estate.ĭespite their engagement, Juliet and Montgomery are struggling in their relationship. The estate has electricity supplied by a windmill. The second floor contains the guest bedrooms and a library, while the servant's rooms are located on the third floor.

The north tower contains Elizabeth's observatory.

Valentina tells Juliet that Ballentyne has three floors and two towers, one in the southern wing and one in the north. However McKenna offers them rooms and Edward is placed in a separate room without a fire and with a lock on the door. Valentine is unwelcoming despite a letter of introduction from Elizabeth, stating that Juliet is her ward. This forces them to quickly leave and head through the village of Quick and onto Ballentyne.Īt Ballentyne they are met by Valentine who is second in change behind the housekeeper McKenna and whose strange hands Juliet immediately notices. Later that night four British police officers show up at the inn questioning the staff. One man insists on reading Juliet's fortune and unnerves her by quoting her father's favourite saying. The four travelers are resting at an inn when they encounter a traveling carnival troupe. Despite Montgomery's administering of an antidote, Edward continues to suffer from and high fever and remain unconscious. Edward lingers between life and death after poisoning himself with arsenic. On the run, after killing three members of the King's Club who intended to use her father's research for evil, Juliet seeks shelter at Elizabeth Von Stein's estate, Ballentyne Manor.įor three days Juliet, accompanied by her fiance Montgomery James, her friend Lucy Radcliffe, and her father's creations, Balthazar and Edward Prince, flees into the moors. A Cold Legacy continues the saga of Juliet Moreau, this time incorporating elements of Mary Shelley's classic novel, Frankenstein.

A Cold Legacy by Megan Shepherd