“Good.” I want to say Father wouldn’t take this out on him, but I can’t. Not when my cheek still throbs.“Vedran?” I ask as I position branches over the entrance.“I have made it to the forest,” he replies. “They don’t seem to be following me any longer. Should I continue on to Moonlight Hollow?”“C
Xandra“Through the river!” I hiss, leaning low over Finn’s back, though that makes the high grass whip across my face.I don’t know how long we’ve been running. The moon has long passed the apex of the sky and is sinking toward morning. Howls echo around us. Dunes hump along the horizon to the sout
“Three,” I reply. “You’d hear any alarms raised, and you’ll fit better through a bigger opening.”She scowls at me. “If I—”“Well, that’s not the situation we’re in.” I glance at her over my shoulder, already pale and swaying. “Three, or I’m not going.”She slices a look at me but doesn’t waste the
I slam my fist into it in reply. They can’t fucking do this to me. Kieran might not be here, but he knows where the fuck I am. Tansy Beach still needs our men—My heart skips a beat.“Elian!” I yell through the mind-link, desperately trying again..“Yeah?” he finally replies.Casual. Alive. Probably
FinnCorwyn spits me out at the feet of the team of guards, all in Tansy Beach indigo, who helped him subdue me. My arm burns, but it’s nowhere near as bad as my mark, which feels like it’s sinking white-hot claws into my heart. I have to go back. Xandra needs me.A shift tingles in the back of my m
Finn stands between us. “He’s doing his diplomatic duty.”“Diplomacy?” Corwyn yanks his hand across his chest, a gesture so rushed I don’t recognize it until a tendril of water reaches out of the bowl at my side and rips back my covers, revealing the scant swell of my stomach. “Is that what you call