The SoulBorn Queen
Especially as he added, “She didn’t try to deny it.”
The fox-masked witch sank onto the edge of the table, the light catching in his long, fire-red hair. I could understand his mask, with that brutal scar and missing eye, but the other High Wiz seemed fine. Perhaps he wore it out of solidarity. Maybe that explained the absurd fashion.
“Well,” the red-haired one seethed,
“Now we’re stuck with that, thanks to your useless mercy, and you’ve ruined —”
I stepped forward—only a step. I wasn’t sure what I was going to say, but being spoken about that way …