Huw quickly knelt beside her, saying, “It is all right, I am here.”
“Huw? Are you well?” Katkin whispered. “I have not lost you, have I?”
He pulled her close. “No, Queen of my heart. You have not lost me, though I know not how I have been found.”
Katkin’s arms tightened around him. Huw could not stop himself from kissing her. This time she did not pull away. But after a moment, he tore his lips from hers, knowing that until they searched the house, he could not be sure she would be safe.
They took the remaining candle and explored the house together. Katkin returned Huw’s curved blade, and kept her own dagger at the ready. Huw thought there had only been three men, but he could not be absolutely sure. After a thorough search turned up no one else, they retired into the kitchen for a cu
