My Elizabeth - Chapter 31

Thank you to those of you who keep me going.  It's been a hard go lately.  Reviewers?  You keep gas in my engine.  Thanks to Science and Minx for the beta and Amy for the banner.  Jack insisted the White Stripes have a say.

"White Americans, what? Nothin' better to do?
Why don't you kick yourself out?  You're an immigrant too.
Who's usin' who?  What do we do?
You can't be a pimp and an immigrant too."  -White Stripes

Chapter 31
 

The men surrounded the porch, wolves circling their prey.  To William’s amazement and Buffy’s credit, she showed not an ounce of fear.  Indeed, even through the flickering torchlight he could see that she radiated a kind of power.  He supposed it was the form her madness had taken.

Before William could alert her to his presence, a voice from the crowd shouted out.  “We got no quarrel with you.  But if you don’t git yourself offa that porch, we will.”  William squinted into the darkness to find the speaker, but he was lost in the fading light.

 

( Oooh! What next?!! )