CHAPTER FIVE
Nancy felt herself quiver with embarrassment. He could hear her thoughts. Could he hear what she was thinking right now? What else had he heard? Then again, he didn't have to tell her anything. He could have kept it a secret, and he hadn't. Instead, he’d given her that warning. He smiled, clearly amused. Okay, she couldn't fault him there. She'd be pretty amused by what he’d heard, too. But, thankfully, he wasn't trying to make her feel bad about it.
Letting it drop, he pointed to the east and with a hand still on her back, led her gently in that direction.
Nancy didn’t see any beasts lingering around the church grounds, but faint howls could be heard in the distance. "Do we have a plan for getting past the beasts, or are we hoping to get lucky?" she asked, walking at a ste
