Denidor spat in the face of that. He is lucky we have other enemies to face today.I’ll find Matej. Finn leaps through an open trapdoor to the lower portion of Denidor’s boat to find the undersecretary.I scale the high platform Denidor stands atop. He’s no fool—he built it so a wolf could get up an
We are wasting time, I tell Finn as he snarls over the wolf he tackled. Denidor awaits.I’ll protect your back.My paws slide on slick wood as I take off running along the line of ships. It is so much easier to trust him now that he’s in my head, now that I can hear the ring of truth in his very tho
XandraLieutenant Hana grabs one end of the rope binding Finn and I together, yanks, and the whole tie comes undone in a heartbeat. But even as Vedran’s glamor shimmers into nothingness, as the other boats appear on either side of us, I can still feel the scrape of that sailing rope on my skin. Unde
At the front edge, Vedran’s brow knits in concentration. He is weaving a massive spell with the help of one woman in the village who knew a few charms. It doesn’t have to hold for long—just long enough for us to launch all our ships before anyone on the far side notices we’re moving—but clearly, eve
FinnAfter a day of my mark aching, Xandra returns to our room. She doesn’t mention what happened. Since not mentioning things is my specialty, I decide to follow her lead.And for one night, that feels almost normal.But a second day passes. A third. I train with Elian and Ingrid in out-of-the-way
For the first time, with my hair pulled back like hers usually is, I can see pieces of what he means. I have her cheekbones, though the skin has been fletched away from mine by stress and weeks of nausea. The fine point of my chin, which I’ve always resented, is aristocratic on her face. And my eyes