He tilted his head. "Maybe no one. Maybe I just like wandering into enemy territory with nothing but the clothes on my back. As I said earlier, it’s a beautiful view."I leaned forward, voice low and razor-sharp. "I can make you talk. That punch isn’t the worst I’m capable of, believe me. "His eyes
LoganEvelyn's words had burrowed deep into me like thorns. Even hours later, they echoed, fragile, slurred, and trembling in the cold morning air.No matter how hard I tried to focus on other things, to put her mournful sentiment aside, I couldn’t shake it from my memory. Naturally, I hadn’t slept
LoganI wasn’t looking for her.I told myself that again as I pushed through the tavern’s doors, the scent of sweat, ale, and smoke choking the air.This wasn’t about Evelyn. I just happened to be in the area. It didn’t matter that I had been told that she had been spotted heading into town in the d
“Hello,” he said smugly.I squinted. “Do I know you?” Perhaps he was one of the many soldiers I had stitched up and did not immediately recognize.“Not yet,” he said. “But I think we can change that.”He slid into the vacant seat next to me without asking. I recoiled slightly from his closeness.“Le
EvelynLogan hadn’t spoken to me in days.The silence should have been a relief. After all the tension, the arguments, the way his eyes used to follow me like a storm, I thought I’d finally be free of the weight of it all. I should’ve felt lighter, untethered. Instead, I felt hollowed out.It was li
Our ringing silence was answer enough.“I see,” Emma continued. “And I heard you had to save her from a rogue as well. There were two times in that single battle when your safety was at risk because of choices she made. Am I wrong?”“That’s enough,” I snapped.But Evelyn’s voice was quiet when she s