I drag her closer, reason burning away. She pushes back into me. My legs hit the bed unexpectedly, and we fall.Protect them.I twist, land on my back, and cushion her against the unforgiving straw. Breath gasps from my lungs. Still, I open my eyes to make sure she’s all right.Xandra laughs. Not la
FinnI sit on the edge of a thin straw mattress in a tiny room, one of many honeycombing what was once a playhouse. Crooked nails jut from equally thin walls, clearly constructed as quickly as possible when the townsfolk discovered they were going to be hosting their new queen and a not insignifican
“Fought who? Everyone obeys you here.” I gesture at the empty room—nearly empty, that is. Finn stands slightly to the side, his hands in his pockets, clearly trying not to intrude.“The other lords are not so subservient,” she replies crisply, then shakes her head. “What has your father told you abo
XandraI pull my hood lower over my face and barely resist the urge to pick at the effects of the only potion Vedran was able to send us with—two bitter sips, choked down in the heartbeat between when Hana, a woman I remember vaguely from around the palace, knocked on the door and when she opened it
The woman sighs. “All right. Follow us. But if you try anything—”Xandra shakes her head, clearly indicating we won’t. I hold up one paw to support the idea. The woman rolls her eyes and starts leading us through the woods.Her trio of wolves surround Xandra and me. Well, two of them start to, and o
FinnXandra wakes me in the morning by crawling out of the hollow in the tree to be noisily sick outside. My stomach churns. Empty. And I have no idea what is or isn’t safe to eat in this part of the world.Worse, I don’t know if she was awake enough to realize how badly I responded to her last nigh