Chapter 73
They followed the footprints in the frost again, a half-moon through the gathering clouds helping a little. Most of the group split off where they had before, using their own torches less carefully than Hugh and John were.
Only Faolin and Cian, supporting Branwen between them, continued toward the house.
Hugh and John took a shorter path through the gardens, then waited inside the entry long enough to see the others turn toward them. Upstairs, Hugh signed heavily as he leaned against the door to his room.
“We don’t know what they’re going to do. Be ready for whoever walks in.”
John nodded, focused on the soft footfalls he’d finally heard. All was silent in the rest of the house, so they closed their own doors quietly.
John started to get undressed, then turned on a lamp in
