If she had to stay there and wait, chocolate was an absolute necessity. She found a fork and dug in. She’d eaten little at the dinner on the beach. Now she was ravenous. After the first bite, she glanced at the clock. Two a.m. Dev and the sheriff had been gone only ten minutes. Dev had asked the sheriff to walk the castle’s perimeter with him once more before he returned to the village. Even though all of the castle’s locks had been changed, Dev wanted to make sure he hadn’t overlooked another way Victor might gain entrance to the castle. She’d tried to convince him everything was okay, but Devlin insisted he had to go. He’d simply given her a quick kiss and headed out the door. Abby convinced Otis to go up to bed while she waited for Dev, assuring Otis that nothing would happen with Dev and the sheriff right outside. She padded over to one of the kitchen windows, drew the curtain aside, and peered through the glass. Outside lights illuminated the sheriff’s car. Clouds shrouded a pale moon.
