Emma, having watched the exchange, looked from one to the other and grinned before she silently stepped away, leaving Valentine and Marlene to get to know each other without her hanging around.
Walking through the room, she nodded, saying hello to the people she knew while others made a point of coming over to talk to her. They’d heard all about her healing skills and wanted to congratulate her on everything she’d done over recent weeks.
Embarrassed, Emma soon made her excuses and quickly walked out of the room straight into Declan.
‘Oops, sorry, mate. You alright?’ he asked.
Nodding, Emma smiled. ‘Fine, fine. Nice speech earlier. How are you doing? Fully recovered yet?’
‘Of course,’ he said absent-mindedly rubbing his chest where the sword had stabbed him just a few days earlier. ‘Ne
