"Have the two of you eaten breakfast yet?" Euphie asked, sitting up and stretching. There was nothing lazy about her stretching, and her movements were fluid and economical in a way that made my heart pound. There was no way to tell that she was probably pregnant just by looking at her, since she had said that her period was only late by a month, but I felt a flicker of protectiveness go through me as I watched her get up.
"Not yet. We'll have some breakfast first before we leave," I said. "Do you… do you want Jack and I to walk you back to the village? I really don't mind going back with you and coming back here again."
"Nonsense," Euphie said briskly, taking a swig of water to rinse out her mouth after a night's sleep. "Forrest, I don't want you to treat me any differently. You shouldn
