twenty-one
The room wasn’t big, there were three or four rows of chairs before what would be called the altar where the officiant stood. She didn’t see any other strangers in the room. Archer and Derren were there at the front with Kristof.
Nya hadn’t spoken to Kristof about this happy occasion, but he seemed relaxed enough about the idea of his dad hitching his wagon to Ester’s. The three men were kind of huddled and it was strange to see them all wearing shirts and slacks.
She didn’t think she’d ever seen Archer in slacks. Her smile widened as she thought about how handsome her man was and wondered if one day she might be walking towards him.
Her lover seemed relaxed and she took that as a good sign that nothing dire had happened last night. She checked all three men for bruises and
