Book 4. Wolves in Sheep's Clothing (Emerald Summer, #4) / Emerald Summer (ePub)

Imperial Russia. 19th Century. The Estate of Count Selivanov.
After a month of being at the manor, it turns out that there is a con man among the heirs. He took advantage of the external resemblance to one of the Count's relatives. It was the fraudster who dressed himself in the ghost in order to instill fear into the inhabitants of the manor, and then to manipulate them.
Anna Riger-Artemyeva, Emma's mother, arrives at the manor. She immediately understands that someone is harming the heirs. She begins to suspect the manor manager, the maid, and the lackey.
Anna Riger-Artemyeva is attacked by a certain creature, similar to the devil. A woman loses consciousness due to fear. Emma admits to her mother that she is in love with her cousin Stanislav, but is afraid of their close relationship. However, Emma intends to break with her fiancé. Anna is unhappy with her daughter's behavior. At night, Anna is visited by the ghost of Count Selivanov, who asks her not to impede the love of Emma and Stanislav, promising to leave the treasures and the manor to them.
The next day, Anna tells her daughter a long, complicated story about her relationship with Count Selivanov and admits to her daughter that the Count is not her father. Emma is shocked, however, at the same time she is glad: now nothing can stop her love with Stanislav. As it turned out: Emma and Stanislav have no consanguinity.
By the end of summer, some heirs for various reasons leave the manor. The heirs remaining in the manor despaired of finding treasures. They have a picnic in the park near the old manor destroyed by the fire. Not far from the ruins is a cannon, cannonballs lie next to it. The deceased owner also liked to shoot from a cannon for fun.
Men decide to arrange a funny battle and attack the ruins. Esmeralda shows discontent about this, assuring that in this way they can disturb the spirit of the deceased owner.
The heirs resigned to their defeat and do not pay attention to the exhortations of the medium. They have fun: after all, the yard is the last summer day and will soon have to leave the manor. Tired of fun, the inhabitants of the manor retire to rest.
Emma and Stanislav remain in the park. Emma notices that someone is walking in ruins. Stanislav decides to punish the next 'prankster'. Emma and Stanislav go into ruins.
The rays of the setting sun penetrate through the dilapidated walls. In front of the eyes of a couple in love opens a space strewn with stones of saturated green color.
What are these stones? Is this really the treasure of the late Count? Were the treasures lying in ruins and the heirs did not notice them? After all, the heirs carefully searched the entire estate, park, fountain, garden statues and the ruins of an old house ...