When Brother Thomas slipped into the chapel and smiled at the entire assembly, Brianna’s heart began to hammer. For if the monk was here from Endlist Priory, then the man sent to retrieve him must also be returned.
She peeked at the back of the chapel, her heart leaping when she found not only Luc standing there, but his blue, blue gaze fixed upon her. Brianna felt herself flush, noted her father’s glance to her and thence to the back of the chapel.
“Hmmm,” Connor murmured, and Brianna did not miss his sharp look her way. She held up her chin, but could not stop anticipation from flooding through her.
Luc had returned!
Finally. Brianna had spent all of the previous evening hoping for his reappearance in the hall.
At least, she had done so when she had not been run ragged with making a
