Blackfoot Forest l'amant

her little radiant child, she had gone away, and madeleine awaited her return as tensely as a bowstring. while part of her knew that aaron would tend claudia well, the woman was innately mistrustful, as she had been following the horrible events at the theatre. even now she did not like to recall it, and claudia had put it wholly out of her mind.

quietly, the woman wandered through the wood, aimless now that her purpose had flitted away to pursue other things for the day.