Chapter 24Adam held Elijah as Ellen sobbed in Mecatl’s arms. They’d left half their men back at the Silver S and ridden back with the twins to the Lazy E. The servant and the kitchen staff were missing, but that wasn’t all. In what must have been a fit of pure, unbridled fury, furniture, ornaments, and books had been smashed, crushed, or torn apart.
Elijah had been shocked, but it had proven too much for Ellen who’d started to cry. Adam held Elijah tight, relieved that only things had been broken. They could be replaced, but if Elijah or Ellen had been anywhere near Stone, he dreaded to think what vengeance Stone might have taken.
“Leave it to me,” Mecatl murmured. “I will leave a couple of my Jaguar Warriors here with your gate keepers. They will clean up this mess and find your servant
