The Midwife's Wards

Actually, it wasn’t Roana’s cleverness that was at issue, but Phoebe’s stubbornness. She could protest the unfairness of it all she liked, but if she really took umbrage with the monarchs' decrees, she should’ve done something about it before trouble landed at her doorstep. However, when she finally caved to his demands—with a compromise that he could agree with, nonetheless—Loren nodded. ”I will wait.” He didn’t necessarily trust the healer not to hide away things that she didn’t want to turn over. On top of that, as far as he knew, the ex-captain was still on the loose, and leaving the objects unattended was unacceptable until he received word she wouldn’t try to circle around for them. After all, she knew exactly where the Launceleyn had gone with her boys and her toys. LOREN Not quite an open book