As soon as the door was closed, she turned and buried her face in his shoulder, hot tears splashing against his uniform as she could no longer contain her emotions. He wrapped his arms around her, whispering, “It’ll be all right, Kit. It’ll be all right. Just breathe.” She thought she heard her ladies’ footsteps behind her, but he waved them off, and she continued to sob, gasping for air as images of Jecob’s smiling face flashed before her eyes. Despite some of his less than amicable behavior, she’d already began to bond with the man, and now, his fate was in her hands.