Chapter Twenty-Six: Dane

Adara decided she’d return home that evening.

Edin said she was welcome to stay, of course, but she replied that her mother would be concerned with both girls gone and no explanation. Edin offered to send a servant with that explanation, but Adara adamantly refused.

Knowing that her mother could be irrationally nervous and anxious, I understood. It would be bad for Mrs. Huntington to learn of Fawna’s ordeal from someone outside the family. Adara, in deciding to go home, was making the best decision, and I approved.

What I didn’t approve of was the way she seemed to be trying to sneak away into the gathering darkness.

I had just finished showing Doctor Hendricks to the door after our chat. I was halfway into the salon when my Lupine ears detected footsteps, Adara’s footsteps. She was treading up the hall from the maid’s room that had been turned into Fawna’s recovery room, and was quietly making for the door.

I st