*Val*

Gabe and I were in the parlor with two guards who had rushed to the house just at dawn. The men were nervous and kept looking down at their feet as they stood before us. I couldn’t blame them. Something strange was going on with Gabe. He was facing straight forward and glaring. I could see the tension in his jaw and I knew that he was angry, I just had no idea why.

I wasn’t in the best mood myself. I’d hardly slept the night before.

“What is ...