Chapter Nine
Katya
Hefting from the Land Rover the large box she had made the drive along the coast to the Stonehaven Post Depot to collect, Katya could feel her excitement build.
The drive itself had been reassuring and the fact she had not seen one car on the road, from leaving the compound and grounds of her home into Stonehaven itself, lent her a feeling of security in respect of anybody finding the secret at the heart of the homestead and the land surrounding it that had once been a small feudal fortification.
In no more than just over a month since her fortuitous – for her and Melanie, anyway – discussion during her friend’s visit and the revealing of the depth of that friend’s dissatisfaction with both her husband and her life, Katya had felt herself reborn. From their initial c
