CHAPTER NINE
We entered our abode and I slumped into the nearest chair. I pulled off my shoes and wiggled my worn toes. My feet breathed in and out, grateful for the breath of fresh air and freedom from the hard confines of my shoes.
Raines and Will walked a little further into the entrance hall before the servant turned to his master. “Shall I prepare a meal for us, sir?”
Will opened his mouth to reply but Vargas beat him to it. “You will do no such thing.” We all turned to her with a questioning expression and she gestured down at herself. Her clothes were covered in sticks, muck, and brambles. “You shall clean my clothes forthwith.”
Raines stared at her for a long moment before he turned his attention to Will. “And the food?”
“I will take care of this meal myself,” Vargas a
