“If he offers you a contract,” the woman whispered urgently, “don’t sign it without reading every word.”
Evelyn frowned.
“I can read.”
“That’s not what I meant.”
“What did you mean?”
Martha leaned closer.
“I mean… the last woman who married him disappeared.”
The words dropped into the cold air like stones into a deep well.
Owen stiffened.
“What happened to her?” he demanded.