Chapter 219 Chapter

After he left, promising to return before sunrise, I closed my eyes and wept. ****** Brandon did return, as promised, not long after the first touches of light turned the enticing blackness into a dull grey. He came back in a flurry of action and noise, throwing open the door of the kitchen and marching in with Si, Lewis and one other I didn't recognise flanking him. Crouching in front of me, he gripped my chin between thumb and forefinger. "We're leaving now. Keep your eyes to the ground as we leave the house. Don't make a fuss, just get straight into the van. Can you do that for me, Megs?" I nodded dutifully, my gaze shooting towards Lewis as he came to untie the ropes binding me to the chair. The chains remained, of course, but a coat was draped around my shoulders in an effort to hide them, after all, it was one thing to throw a woman into the back of a waiting van, but another to have her leave in chains. I was led out of the kitchen to find the hallway lined with Var