“Do you want breakfast?” I heard him ask for the wall. Knowing he sat on just the other side. Nearly back-to-back with me.
I shook my head then realized he couldn’t see it. “No, Din. I just want to see my father.”
“I’ll go check on him myself, if you promise to stay.”
I hesitated. Wanting to lie but the one thing that Bodin and I had always honored, was our promises to each other. Despite my resentment and confusion toward him, I wasn’t yet ready to break the sanctity of that.
“Yes.”
“You promise?”
“I do, Din.” I said resignedly.
I heard him slide up the wall and knew his boots thudded down the hall. It did occur to me that he must be as exhausted as I was. Knowing I could come bolting out of my chamber any moment to rush to my father’s room, he’d been waiting to fight me all ni
