Frail Blood
“Malachi meant to track Emma down even if it entailed storming the sacred walls of her parents' pristine fortress again. He'd spent the entire day searching for her until he received word the jury had arrived at a verdict. She hadn't been home, and neither Sarah nor Ralston knew where she'd gone, only that she'd taken the carriage.
The thought of her without a chaperone clearly worried her servant and heightened Malachi's own concern for Emma's welfare. He'd checked at the newspaper, questioning... Stephen and Thomas, but they had no inkling of her destination.
"Wouldn't worry about her, Malachi," Stephen had said, his sleeves rolled up again and a wrench clutched tight in his right fist.
"Emma can take care of herself." But his eyes slid away from Malachi, who had the distinct impression the older man kept something from him. "Would she have visited her parents?" "Not likely, after the giant row they had." Malachi wondered if Emma had spoken to Stephen since the weekend she'd spent so much time at Malachi's cabin.MoreLess
The thought of her without a chaperone clearly worried her servant and heightened Malachi's own concern for Emma's welfare. He'd checked at the newspaper, questioning... Stephen and Thomas, but they had no inkling of her destination.
"Wouldn't worry about her, Malachi," Stephen had said, his sleeves rolled up again and a wrench clutched tight in his right fist.
"Emma can take care of herself." But his eyes slid away from Malachi, who had the distinct impression the older man kept something from him. "Would she have visited her parents?" "Not likely, after the giant row they had." Malachi wondered if Emma had spoken to Stephen since the weekend she'd spent so much time at Malachi's cabin.MoreLess
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