Temper~Book One of the Taboo Series by Brittany Chapman

Author:Brittany Chapman [Chapman, Brittany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26- Carved

The weeks ticked by with no sight of Elizabeth. She was absent even from meals. Every plate set before me gave a shiver of nerves yet remained meatless. I trusted nothing. Hugh was still to come home on the weekends from what I understood, but I could taste the difference in the air and the food.

I asked Hannah, the butler, and anyone else that I could find when Grandfather’s funeral was. No one knew. Docile Hannah lost herself to the frustration. My questions sent her into a rant about disrespect and her inclination to find other work.

I wanted to ask where her son was but knew I couldn’t. The wicked joy we shared in the garden and the comfort we brought each other in Ruth’s room were our last moments. I wandered the house and gardens to search for him every weekend. I never could find him and he never came to me.

I doubted he and Elizabeth came to a different agreement. He would have told me. I began to see signs of him. He would arrange the books in the library so the titles matched up to spell sweet messages. Once I found a bundle of cold, brittle white roses on the bench in the garden. They stood out against the decay and dormant plants.

Mr. Hubert finally returned to finish my education. There were a few weeks of work left before I could receive my diploma and rushed through it, desperate for a reprieve from the torrid emotions possessing me.

A month slipped by and my sweet clues and messages suddenly vanished. The delusion of a runaway marriage faded in a coal-black smoke.

I sat at breakfast and stared at my plate with wary observation. I had yet to decipher what the meals signified. I glanced up in silent surprise and trepidation as Elizabeth sat.

She looked me in the eyes as she placed her napkin in her lap. Her focus never strayed from mine as a servant rushed from the swinging kitchen doors. She said nothing as she sat but her grinning gaze never left me. I kept my spine straight and arched my brow in my polite way of barbarically banging my chest.

My heart worked itself into a frenzy. I kept my movements calm and stoic. Simply lifting the glass of tea to my lips was a chore. I didn’t dare stand first and let her see my knees shake.

When she stood I saw the gleam in her eyes and the smirk on her lips. She pranced from the room but I didn’t dare loosen my muscles and sink into my chair as I wanted. I was paranoid her eyes were still on me and she was watching from around the corner.

My thoughts were trapped by the joy and satisfaction she exuded. Victory had shone in her eyes.

Our days continued in the same exhausting manner. Her presence weighed against mine as she tried to dominate at meals. I began to hear her stepping softly behind me as she followed me through the house.

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