Chapter 160

LATER that evening, Vivien was perched on a rock at the outskirts of their camp, the bow - now had a string attached to it - spread out in her lap. Lukas had promised to start giving her lessons the next day, which was sweet of him. She guessed that she would have to switch lessons with Zephrain for lessons with Lukas, since Zephrain seemed annoyed about her new weapon.

She had known that he hadn't totally liked the idea of her arming herself, but she had hoped that maybe his opinion had changed or that he would at least see that it was important to her. But instead he had sort of stared in a way that she knew meant he wasn't entirely happy.

Sliding one foot down the rock, she leaned back on her arms, palms against the cool stone. Overhead, the sky was overcast so there weren't any stars and the moon wasn't visible. It was a dark night, not very inviting. She was technically on watch, but she knew that at least one other person would be awake as well. For some reason,