My Alpha's Regret Came Too Late novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: Spring
I folded it shut before the second line.
Emrys was watching me across the coals.
"Not tonight," I said.
He nodded and passed me a piece of pie.
I put the letter on the shelf above the kitchen stove, behind the salt tin.
It stayed there all winter.
Winter at Cold Ford was loud.
The flood families stayed till the passes opened. Two of them never left.
The girl taught every new kid the well pump.
The rogue built a bunk room in the stable loft, and the carpenter inspected every joint and found one he liked.
In January a boy of fifteen or sixteen came over the ice alone, with no boots.
Emrys was the one who found him on the step.
He didn't ask him anything.
He put him in front of the stove and gave him a bowl of bean soup.
Then another.
Spring came in April with the river high and green.
By then nine families had crossed at Cold Ford.
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