“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
“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