A disquieting rumble filled his ears and as he grabbed the door handle to yank it open, the back end of the house crumbled and something flew from the blazing house to strike him. His last thought as he flew backward through the air in the instant before unconsciousness claimed him, was that this was his fault. He should have realized something was amiss when she didn’t wake to his screams in the hall.CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
TALIESIMON STOMPED DOWN the dirt path leading from Father’s farmhouse. Him! she raged. Scolding me! For my mouth! As if he has ever had a respectful thing to say in his entire life! She kicked a patch of rocks as she walked, desperate to release even that small bit of the fury she’d been building up all evening. The tiny stones flew in all directions, a few of them glintin
