“I will explain as best I can,” Nathan replied. He could not allow himself to relax, but he was glad to see that Jeremiah didn’t look quite as angry as he had a few moments earlier. Perhaps when presented with the marriage license, he had understood he could not change what had happened. And the mention of Jennie seemed to indicate that the clan’s primus was now ready to push past the immediate blow of Nathan’s unexpected marriage in order to deal with the consequences.
“Oh, no doubt you will.” Jeremiah paused to pull a watch from his waistcoat pocket. “It is not quite eight o’clock. Not late, but certainly late enough that your wife’s clan members must be worried to death about her. This city is not safe for a woman alone…even a witch.”
“I can do just fine on my own — ” Hannah began to
