Kora’s POV
I winced as Mother stared at me. The flush had left her face a bit. The tension was still in her shoulders. She hadn’t been this mad at me since I’d jumped into that raid years ago. She looked about ready to pull her sword and start practicing on me. She set her jaw and blew out a long hissing breath. Then, she huffed. “These children…” She shook her head. “What made you think to not only court war but not tell me beforehand? I could have taken King Flint’s head off right there.”
“Don’t project that on me. You’ve wanted to do that for months.” She glared at me. I winced. “You generally have a way of knowing when I’m about to make a bad decision before I make it. I figured since you didn’t pull me aside, I was probably in the right.”
She blinked and let out a helpless peal of
