Chapter 14I am certain Rachel Ann perceived the change in my relationship with Ethan, but the boys likely had no idea I had taken him as a lover. After that first night of ecstasy, Ethan moved into my sleeping room and pleasured me so insistently I walked on weak legs for the next week. I suffered no pangs of guilt over another taking Matthew’s place. In fact, I considered my beloved’s spirit had urged me to pursue this thing. But I harbored regrets I had not been able to break free in time to salvage my relationship with Winter Bird.
Shortly after I first visited Ethan’s bedroom in the dark of night, I announced a trip to Teacher’s Mead. It was certainly time for such a visit as several years had elapsed since I’d seen my family. I considered taking Ethan to meet my kinfolk but decided n
