The Prince's Pea_an Everland Ever After Tale by Caroline Lee

Author:Caroline Lee [Lee, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

What in the hell was she in Everland for? Why had she tracked him down? Why had she saved his life? What was Pea doing here?

There were times Micah envied Herr Doktor, the town’s burly blacksmith. When he was angry or frustrated, he had a perfect excuse for hitting something with a hammer. Micah was stuck tacking the last of the pig leather on Dmitri’s new saddle. He wanted to pound something, and the third time his punch slipped because his hand was shaking so hard, he threw the thing across his workbench.

Dammit. What did she want?

He’d asked her that, maybe not in as many words, but close enough, several times over the last week. She’d shown up in his life—saved it, in fact—and just seemed to…fit. She fit in. She laughed with the kids, she shouldered more responsibility than he would’ve expected from someone he hadn’t seen in two decades.

And the baby? She loved Antonia in a way Micah had never seen in an orphanage. Every morning Pea showed up at the orphanage full of joy and excitement to spend time with the baby. He wouldn’t have been able to complete Dmitri’s saddle in time if it hadn’t been for her help with Antonia.

Even now, Pea was in the kitchen making soup for him, the kids, and even the baby. Maybe she was right and Antonia just wanted something better-tasting than mashed peas. Her making dinner meant Micah had the time to come out in the shop and finish this maldita saddle. But he couldn’t concentrate, couldn’t think about anything other than her.

Why is she here?

He should’ve pushed her, should’ve asked her again and again until she gave him a good answer. Instead, he just let it be, because he was afraid she’d tell him something he didn’t want to hear. He pretended she was here just because she wanted to be here, with him. Wanted to be part of his life, the life he’d built and was proud of here in Everland.

But the confrontation in the street today—the one which had taken at least five years off his life!—proved otherwise. Draven—Dios mio! Draven in Everland!—had proved she was here for some other reason. Some reason Micah couldn’t begin to guess, and wasn’t sure he wanted to know. A mission, Draven had said. What mission? And who was it she had to tell what?

Why did she come?

He wanted her in his life, and had loved every moment of their time together here in Everland, but he was beginning to suspect she didn’t want him in hers.

Otherwise, she would’ve been honest and upfront with him from the beginning.

Micah sighed and reached for a different-sized punch. Obsessing over it wasn’t going to help. He needed to focus on his work. At least until he had to go inside for dinner to face her and the—

“Fire!” Tom burst into the shop, panting. “Fire in the kitchen, and it’s spreading!”

Fire! Micah acted on instinct, remember Abuelo’s repeated instructions, “These oils are very flammable, mi hijo.

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