Staking My Claim

~Rowena~

I trudged out into the garden and took a look around for Bramble. I spotted him a little distance away, leaving on one of the pillars at the front gate. He raised a hand to me in greeting and I sheepishly waved back before going on the hunt for this so-called garden path.

I had rounded the entire cottage twice and pondered the fact that the big, beefy security guard of this estate was nam