Chapter 20
The spell was gone, but I still couldn’t move. If Halldis saw me moving, she would just find another way to bind me. I’m sure she knew worse ways.
So I had to keep sitting as still as possible. Which was really hard because those pins and needles were all over my body now, and my lungs longed for me to suck in air the way Roarr had.
Roarr and Halldis were still behind me. Between me and the only way out. They were still murmuring at each other as before. Nothing I had done so far had tipped them off. Then finally they started to move. I heard the rustle of Halldis' skirt and the clunk of Roarr's boots. Then Halldis came into view, walking backward as she towed Roarr after her, his hand in both of hers. She was smiling at him, and her skin had that glow of dewy youth to it aga
