Chapter Twenty-One

I sat across from Silas and wondered not for the first time, what I had gotten myself into. Breakfast was delicious and he was actually good company, a good conversationalist. He was also surprisingly funny in a dry sarcastic kinda way. I found myself laughing a few times throughout breakfast, smiling a lot more than I’d like to admit. He was making it hard to hate him on more than just principle.

I sighed and sipped the rest of my juice before I stood up and started to clean away the garbage and put the dishes on the catering trolly. It gave me something to focus on besides Silas and his smell that was all over the cabin.

“You don’t need to do that Kara, I can have someone come in and take care of it. I’d like us to sit and talk some more.” He said, taking my hand and pulling me towards him. My body went willingly, leaning against his chest while he put his