Chapter 34
John paced around their bedroom, trying to regain control of himself. He was by turns agonized, furious, frightened, heartbroken, worse with every step and shift in his emotions.
Nothing he could hold on to.
Nothing he could control well enough to go look for Branwen. He would not put her, or himself, through anything else tonight.
If he couldn’t calm himself down, he was going to have to let it go for now. She was only talking to her grandmother. One thing he had learned better than most during the violence of his youth was how to pick his battles.
Elizabeth had betrayed both of them, though. Even though he did want their child, she hadn’t done him any favors. Not only had she pushed Branwen into a corner and made her even more desperate, she’d also helped push him off bal
