Chapter 27
She hesitated only briefly before understanding settled over her. If Rowena was searching for something specific tonight, wandering these halls with such restless purpose, it likely had to do with whatever the old matriarch had brought with her. Something valuable, perhaps something incriminating, something worth this level of risk on Rowena's part.
Careful not to disturb the sleeping woman further, Callie reached beneath the pillow and drew the small box out gently, along with a few other scattered items tucked nearby, a folded letter, a delicate ring, a small pressed flower kept between two thin pieces of glass. She studied them only briefly, resisting the urge to examine them more closely, respecting whatever privacy Nellie clearly intended these items to have.
She moved q
