Chapter 613

The next morning after the storm, the yard was flooded with water reaching up to mid-calf.

Sarah had slept through the night, but now awake, her head throbbed and her eyes were swollen like balloons.

"It hurts..." she murmured, touching her eyes gingerly.

As she rubbed her aching head, memories of the previous night flooded back.

She recalled the roof that Charlie had supposedly fixed still leaking badly - deliberately, she realized. Even in her half-conscious state, she clearly remembered someone carrying her away.

Wait...

Where was she?

Looking around, she found herself in a bright, clean room - nothing like the village accommodations.

figure it out, the door

cedar

the bowl before her, his

some relief. The pain

voice dry, her face still

concern. "I'm sorry I


need to apologize.

voice lowered. "But I promised to

conversation seem so familiar? Then she remembered saying something in her delirium: "Zachary, you lied to

what had

bowl, mortified. Those thoughts had always remained buried deep

the soup, drinking too quickly in her

Zachary patted her back.

a cold look. "Mr. Reynolds, you're about to be engaged. This isn't

won't touch you. But what are you doing here?" he

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