“First,” he said, “I wanted to thank you.”I blinked. “For what?”“For everything,” he said simply. “For sacrificing yourself to the cause when you didn’t have to. You’ve given more than most soldiers here, and I’ve never said that outright.”The words landed somewhere deep in my chest. I wasn’t use
EvelynThe medical tent was just as I remembered it. It was doused in sunlight streaming in from outside, and the space was filled with familiar faces. The air smelled of herbs, sweat, and blood. Unlike the rogue camp’s medical tent, this one was full to bursting with supplies, and people met my eye
LoganThe Alpha King’s study was filled with worn old books and held the lingering smell of wood smoke from his dying hearth. The air always felt a little heavier here, as though the weight of the kingdom had seeped into the furniture. It weighed on me acutely as I stood waiting for his verdictHe d
JesseThe camp was too quiet without her. Too still. Even though I knew she was gone, I still looked for her everywhere.It wasn’t just that she had left, though. It was that she had been taken from me. It was the fact that Logan had stolen from me once again.The air choked me, thick with the fog o
EvelynWarmth.That’s the first thing I was conscious of feeling. It curled around me like a second skin and was amplified by the soft blankets tucked to my chin. Then, I breathed in a lungful and noticed that the air was scented faintly of pine and clean linen.For a few perfect seconds, I let myse
LoganThe smoke curled around the edges of the rogue camp like fingers crooking to beckon me in. Screams echoed in the distance, though they had begun to taper off with time and distance. Some exclaimed in victory, others in agony as the battle between the Alpha King’s forces and Jesse’s rogues expl