Veiled Hostility

Lunch was a vegetarian meal served at the church.

Valerie couldn't help but wonder, 'Is Tobias really Emmett Blackwood?' as she ate.

She was so lost in thought that she barely noticed the taste of the food.

Tobias noticed her distraction and grinned at her. "Ms. Thorne, is the food not to your liking?"

His words snapped Valerie out of her thoughts. "No, it's really good."

Even though it was all ve