She finally stepped into the entrance hall, but the uneasy feeling followed her inside. She knew Cross Estate well enough to recognize its ordinary morning rhythm, and although the household was functioning normally, there was a strange restraint in the way the servants moved and spoke.
Several people greeted her respectfully as she passed, yet whenever she looked at them for more than a moment, they seemed eager to return to whatever task they had been doing.
Miriam slowed near the staircase and looked around the entrance hall, her thoughts returning to the unanswered calls and the fact that neither Gerald nor Liam had bothered to tell her anything about Cooper after returning from Nightshade Country.
She had gone to Cross Estate expecting to find them and finally learn what had happened.
Instead, she had found an unusually quiet household, an unanswered question surrounding Cooper, and two men who had already left for their offices without speaking to her.
