LOGINDaphne His footsteps followed mine a moment later. The training ground was still busy behind us. The sound of wooden swords striking against one another mingled with the men’s shouts and Moses’s gruff instructions. I kept my gaze fixed ahead, determined not to look back and give anyone the satisfac
Daphne His footsteps followed mine a moment later. The training ground was still busy behind us. The sound of wooden swords striking against one another mingled with the men’s shouts and Moses’s gruff instructions. I kept my gaze fixed ahead, determined not to look back and give anyone the satisfac
Daphne For a few seconds, I couldn’t hear anything. The training ground had erupted around me, but all I could hear was the pounding of my own heartbeat and the sound of my breathing as I remained bent over. Old man Moses shouted for a healer and another voice asked what had happened. Luke was say
Daphne For a few seconds, I couldn’t hear anything. The training ground had erupted around me, but all I could hear was the pounding of my own heartbeat and the sound of my breathing as I remained bent over. Old man Moses shouted for a healer and another voice asked what had happened. Luke was say
Daphne I huffed under my breath and made my way toward Old Man Moses. As I got closer, I took him in. He was a short but solidly built man in his sixties, with broad shoulders that made it easy to forget his height. His hair had long since turned completely white, and his nose looked as though it
Daphne Thiago stared at me for several seconds, his face still pale from my words. For a moment, I expected him to argue with me. Instead, he looked down at his hands and rubbed his palms together. “I suppose I would run,” he finally said. I blinked. “Run?” “Yes.” He lifted his eyes to mine. “If







