Chapter 28
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Edie crept through the trees to get closer to her quarry. She had seen Rowen leave the house and smiled in anticipation. The Ancients were right once more. Then again, they always were.
She still didn’t much like that they wanted this American, but she would make sure Rowen joined them. Edie grunted when she saw Rowen press her back against the tree and smile. Perhaps she should’ve asked the Ancients what kind of power this Druid had. Though she’d find out soon enough.
Edie crept forward silently, careful where she placed her feet.
The next time she looked up, there was no sign of Rowen.
Panic sent her heart knocking against her ribs.
She couldn’t be this close and have lost her.
Edie quickened her pace as much as she dared.
She didn’t want to alert Rowen to her presence until she was closer, in case the woman bolted.
She wanted it to appear as if she’d just happened upon Rowen.
A branch suddenly broke beneath Edie’s foot, making her scowl. She froze and peered around a tree in Rowen’s direction, but she couldn’t see the woman. Edie glanced toward the house. There was no sign of Rowen making her way to the manor. That meant she was still in the woods.
Edie gripped the trunk of the oak in front of her and shifted to look around the other side.
That’s when she spotted Rowen peering through the branches of a fern in Edie’s direction.
Now was the perfect time to stumble out and act as if she had caught her toe on a root.
All Edie needed was a few minutes with Rowen.
The Ancients would do the rest. Just as Edie was stepping from behind the tree, someone called Rowen’s name.
They both looked toward the manor, where they saw a man.
“I’m here!” Rowen called and jogged toward him.
There was something in the man’s smile that brought back a memory of Edie’s first date with Trevor. When her husband was in love with her.
“You got away this time, but you won’t the next,” Edie murmured, watching the couple.