Chapter 7

• Owen walked over to Cora and took her arm gently. “Is there something we should do?” He had no idea why he was offering to help with something he totally didn’t understand, but he could feel the tension coming off her in waves and didn’t want anything to spoil this oddly wonderful night for everyone.
• Cora looked down at his hand for a few moments then back to his face. “Let go for a moment, please.”
• Feeling as if he had done something wrong, he dropped his hand and put it in his pocket. “Sorry.”