“Did you love her?”
Todd smiled. “Him, and yes, very much.” He saw disappointment flash through her eyes before they softened and it turned to sympathy. “Now, you have a secret from me.” He dipped his head forward and raised his eyebrows enough to offer her a prompt to tell him hers.
“I came here…Something happened to me a few nights ago, in the dorms. When I got here and tried to get the words out, it all sounded stupid and silly and like a whiny little girl.”
“I promise I won’t think that. Will you tell me, please?”
“There’s been stories, since before I came here, going back to when this place was built, about parts of the slave dorms being haunted. I thought they were just stories, something people entertained themselves with. The other night, it was late, and I was coming back alon
