Chapter SevenVincent sat with Charisa for a long time.
He kissed her, comforted her and reassured her.
Finally he glanced at the clock by her bed and said,
“I think, my darling, I must leave you now. You must unlock your door, otherwise people will think it strange that you have barred yourself in.”
'Yes – of course,” Charisa replied in a trembling voice.
“I know you are frightened,” Vincent comforted her, “but I swear to you that once this is over, we will never think of it again. We will make The Priory a happy place, where there is only love, starting with you and me.”
He kissed her as he spoke.
Charisa knew that the love he was giving her was the perfect, sacred love that she had always believed in.
It was the love that came from God and nothing evil or cruel could destroy it.
