Chapter 14
Eve leaned back in the chair, completely deflated. A thousand-pound weight. That’s what she felt on her chest right now.
“There must be another way,” she pleaded, the words painful to speak.
Henry met her gaze and clasped her hands in his. “I wish there was. Believe me, I’ve researched this for hundreds of years. If there was another way, I would’ve found it.”
Eve pulled away from him. “Were you there? The first time Boaz put the necklace on me?”
She prayed he hadn’t been. It was the darkest moment of her life.
Henry straightened and looked beyond to a blank wall. “It doesn’t matter.”
“It matters to me. I need to know.”
His eyes returned to hers. “Yes. I was nearby.”
She stood up abruptly, inhaling deeply to keep the weight from crushing her chest. Henry could’ve stoppe
