CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
By this time my eyes had nearly popped out of my sockets, so wide were they. The woman noticed my appearance and her eyes danced with glee. “You are most welcome, Rose Dumont. I have looked forward to meeting you for a very long time.”
My jaw flopped open and shut a few times before I managed to get control of myself. “You. . .you know me?”
She c****d her head to one side and the light shimmered across her silver hair. “Yes. I know everyone who is destined for a life which they could never have imagined.”
“Then you know why we’re here,” Will spoke up.
The woman nodded. “I do.” She stretched out her thin hands to me. “Come here.”
That instinct to run returned and I looked questioningly up at Will. He smiled and patted my hand. “You have nothing to worry
