Chapter 6- Sophia

Beau dragged me the entire way to the carriages, and forced me inside.

"I will have that guard fired!" he snarled.

"No please do not fire Curtis! I asked him to leave me alone during the day. It was my fault"

Beau was not paying any attention to me. He was muttering under his breath everything he wanted to after we got home.

Next Adeline climbed into the carriage. After she shut the door we were off. I assumed that everyone else was ready to go.

We sat in an uncomfortable silence for a few moments. I waited for Beau to say something.

"What. Were. You. thinking!?" he said shakily. I could tell he was so angry. I started to well up with tears and the first tear escaped and it was opening the flood gates. I could not stop crying.

"ANSWER ME!" he yelled.

"I'm sorry I do not want to draw attention to myself in the market place." I screamed. I felt Adeline tense next to me. I had never yelled at Beau like that before, and he seemed taken aback.

"HE IS THE SON OF A TRAITOR!"

"SO!? He saved me in the village. He is an honorable man!" I couldn't believe I was defending a man I just met.

"HONORABLE!? HOW HONORABLE CAN HE BE!?"

"More honorable than you!" I snapped back.

"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT!" he yelled and then smacked me across the face. He hit me with the force of ten men. He had taken all of the anger in his voice and put it into one swift action. We all sat in stunned silence.

"You will not speak of my actions to mother or father when we get home!" he said.

I nodded absentmindedly. I cried into the shoulder of Adeline the rest of the way home. And Beau sat across from us. It seemed like he was devising a plan, but I didn't care. I cried. I cried about my pride being damaged. I cried about the thought of having no suitors. I cried thinking about Emile's horrible brothers. But mostly I cried about Emile. I cried because I knew if Beau had his way I would never see him again, and that was the most unbearable thought of them all.