A Marriage of Swords
She leaned into it, just a fraction, her eyes closing.
A shout from the courtyard below shattered the moment.
They sprang apart, the prince and the warrior snapping back into place. Leaning over the balcony, they saw a rider, one of the outriders from the morning’s diversion, stumbling from his lathered horse, holding a cloth-wrapped bundle.
Valerius was already there, taking the bundle. He unwrapped it, and even from the balcony, Leigh could see what it was: a broken arrow, fletched with raven feathers. Tied to it was a scroll.