Chapter 2
The first time Noah saw Gabriel Granger was on September 15, 2006, when Gabriel walked into the Golden Circle Tavern. Noah couldn’t even say he’d met Gabriel; they didn’t exchange a single word.
Noah had turned fifteen earlier that summer, and while he couldn’t tend bar, he was permitted to bus the tables, wash the glasses, and sweep the floor. His brothers didn’t care for running the tavern, so Pop had promised when he was older, he would learn the ins and outs of ordering beer, wine, and liquor and how to mix drinks.
His family had owned the Golden Circle since they’d moved to Wittington. He guessed they’d had a tavern in Braddockville also, because from what Noah had overheard Pop saying to his brothers Jess and Frank, they’d been publicans in Oxfordshire since the time of
