Chapter 53
Victoria forced her body to relax and shift as she walked, not wanting Bertrand to notice her building tension.
Their shadows loomed far ahead of them with every step they took away from the brighter, more crowded street and into the shadows. On the far end of this gloomy passage, perhaps three blocks away, another busy thoroughfare beckoned, full of coaches and pedestrians.
She knew in her bones her life would not be the same when she emerged from the tunnel of darkness ahead.
Bertrand paid her growing anxiety no heed, and he seemed unaware of the threat of their surroundings.
Tall buildings crowded close together with less than fifteen feet between them, and with no shops or eateries, no one bothered with expensive light.
The effects of her quieting charm had not only wo
