Ruth was now more careful around Edwin. They did not interact much other than whenever their eyes met, Edwin kept staring at her with such intensity that it made Ruth tear away her gaze from him.
This weekend Ruth had to help Thea and Rees in packing their belongings. Ida had already cleaned their home in the service quarters, which was a two-bedroom house left of the three buildings where Ruth lived with other servants.
As Rees had a higher position in the hierarchy as a bodyguard of Edwin, he was allotted one of the best houses they had. Usually, people working at such higher ranks preferred to live in more lavish houses near 'the great manor'. Hardly any such higher-ranked soldier lived in the servants quarters.
But Rees and Thea had many reasons to shift there.
