Gains~
Isobel Callan
Connamara, Connor
Isobel wiped her sweaty palms on her skirt. The tension in the parlor was palpable, and an empath’s sensitivity made it hard to breathe in the thick stew of emotions.
A day after the thwarted assassination, Connamara had been thoroughly searched and secured. With an abundance of guards patrolling every inch of the estate, Anne had decreed their sessions would continue.
Isobel wanted naught more than to go home to Glenayre and take Seth out of harm’s reach. But male pride, compounded by Hawk competitiveness, meant neither man could admit to being rattled by the attack. Seth and Tobias declared they would stay at Connamara until the queen left.
Anne had spent the entire morning lecturing them on embracing the Prophet’s campaign of purity. She enum
