Chapter 509

• She looked around at the others standing near the fire, no one moved or spoke, they just stood there holding the children close and watched these men being marched by them. Emersyn didn’t need to ask if there were any softer feelings toward any of these men. There wasn’t, it was plain in their expressions how these men had treated them wrong. The men were clean and clearly well-fed, unlike everybody standing in soiled, ill-fitting clothing.
• Aspyn turned and gripped her neck, squeezing it. She placed a hard childlike kiss on her cheek and Emersyn had never felt anything more right in her life than the love of her child. Her gaze flicked to the door when Calum came through it again. Her heart jumped up to lodge in her throat. It was him, the one that always came with Lindon. She scrambled up and stepped back, clutching Aspyn tight in her arms.
• She turned to see Noah watching her, a questioning look on his face. She opened her mouth, but then couldn’t speak the words, terror had paralyzed it.