Merriweather Sisters and Thornton Brothers Books 11-12 by Cynthia Luhrs

Author:Cynthia Luhrs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cynthia Luhrs

Chapter 24

Chloe stayed up late thinking through her options. She knew she couldn’t make it to Falconburg. If she knew how to care for a horse, she would have left money for Richard in his solar and taken the animal at first light.

Walking was the only option to get her back to the Rollright Stones. Assuming she could find them. She’d always taken for granted having navigation on her phone no matter where she was, but now? What if she went in a big circle?

“Damn it.” She stood on her toes and looked out the window. Why did it have to snow so much? Garrick had told her it was snowing much more this year than the last. Remembering her time in the hut, she threw the knapsack across the chamber and leaned against the bedpost, thinking.

The thought of the men she’d encountered made her swallow. There might be more like them. Or worse than them. It was almost twenty miles to the stones, a long distance to go alone in the dead of winter.

A single kick sent the stool a few feet across the stone floor. Nope, she couldn’t leave. She was stuck here until a message arrived from Falconburg. And who knew how long that would take? Garrick told her messages came when they came.

Tears threatened, but Chloe focused on being mad. She didn’t want to cry over a jerk like Richard. He didn’t want her here? Fine.

She’d soak up medieval England and entertain herself. When the message came, surely Melinda would send someone to bring Chloe to Falconburg. Family was family; it didn’t matter her great-aunt didn’t know her. Chloe would explain everything once they met. Then she’d ask Melinda how to go home and hope with all her might that the stones would send her back.

Over and over, she twisted her hair through her fingers, a habit left over from when she was little. The money she had could be used to pay one of the guardsmen to take her to the stones. On horseback, it would only take a couple of days.

Why had she traveled through time in the first place? Was it to meet Melinda? If so, she couldn’t go back yet. Chloe believed this was a one-time deal. She wouldn’t get another chance to travel to the past and meet Melinda Merriweather. And if she’d been sent back in time for Richard, to help him know he was more than his face, well, look how that had worked out.

That settled it. A trip to the stones was a no go. What was she going to do with herself in the meantime? It wasn’t like she had any useful skills. Chloe could cook a few basic things but was used to modern conveniences like the microwave. Fishing? No way; baiting a hook was icky. It was winter, so no gardening. She couldn’t knit, crochet, or embroider to save her life. Sewing? She could sew with a machine, but not by hand. Too bad reading wasn’t an occupation.

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