*Gabe*

Estelle had trouble getting back to sleep after her conversation with Edwyna. We managed a couple of hours before I had to be up for feast preparations. The children at the school were entertaining our guests for now.

I was fielding questions and finalizing the plan for tonight, but I was having a hard time focusing. Val still hadn’t returned and neither had Charles.

I tried not to think about the worst that could happen to them. I regretted not ...