Her Match, Her Mate, Her Master by Vanessa Brooks

Author:Vanessa Brooks [Brooks, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2018-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

When Linnet came down to breakfast the next day, she found that only Peter sat at the large table. He was eating freshly baked bread and honey. “Good morning, Peter. My word, that looks good! Where is everyone this morning?” she asked while helping herself to a cup of milk.

Peter gave her a friendly grin and repeated what his mother had told him. “Pa and John got up early and went riding off. Mother is gathering blueberries for a pie and I have to feed the chickens. Will you help me, Linnet?”

Linnet became still. A dreadful thought occurred to her; had John left already without saying goodbye? “Peter, may I ask if John has gone on a journey?” she asked.

Peter frowned. “Well, I think so. Mother said they wouldn’t be here for lunch and that Father will be back tonight.”

Peter looked pleased with himself for remembering exactly what his mother had told him. Linnet bit her lip; she had urged John to go, so why did she feel such a dreadful sense of loss now that he had? She sat down, feeling wretched.

Peter looked concerned and asked, “Is there anything wrong?”

Linnet looked at him sceptically. “Peter, are you sure your mother didn’t say that John would be back tonight with your father?”

Peter thought hard. He had asked his mother if Pa would be back for lunch and she had definitely said, “No, not until supper time.” She hadn’t mentioned John at all. “No, she only said Pa. Will you help me with the chickens now?”

“Sorry? Er, I will be along in a little while. You go and get started,” Linnet told him distractedly.

“All right but don’t be long!” Peter shouted as he rushed off, banging the door behind him.

Linnet wasn’t even aware the boy had gone, so deep in thought was she. Amazing, but now that she knew John had gone to Boston for goodness knew how long, it was as clear as day to her that she did, in actual fact, love him. Supposing the snow lasted all winter; he might not be back until the spring. A dreadful thought crossed her mind: suppose he didn’t come back at all? What would she do, perhaps never knowing what had happened to him? Oh, she should never have spoken to him the way she had last night, urging him to go alone to Boston.

She had to go after him. She was his wife and she should be by his side. She had to tell him she loved him, that she was sorry. It would be all right; they would travel on together. She would need food, a blanket, and some clothes—and a horse, perhaps. Peter would saddle one of Hans’s for her. Linnet ran to the door, calling frantically for Peter. She must be gone before Sarah returned, for she knew Sarah would try and stop her from riding out alone.

Fifteen minutes later, Linnet mounted a pretty brown mare called Penny. She had rolled everything she thought she might need into a blanket from her bed and tied it onto her saddle.

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