“Kiran, I… what do we do?” she asked worriedly. “You have done enough! Consorting with the enemy. Letting Adrian Peters drive off into the sunset with Juniper!” I spat the words out at her and Malachi placed his hands on my shoulders. “You have to calm down. Now!” he said sternly and I stood back. “You phone Juniper,” Malachi said to Adara. “She phoned from a private number. I don’t have a number for her.” Adara was close to tears as she realized she had no way of helping. I turned around and walked outside. I didn’t know how to handle this. I kept thinking how afraid Christian must be and I dreaded to think what he must be doing to him. Malachi was on the phone with Robert as I walked back inside. “Robert, could you please come to the house? It’s a matter of great urgency. Come alon

