I got the clear from Ezra. I ensured at least one of the ranked members saw me before bed, but even with Luna Addison’s impassive nod when I told her I was off to my room, her eyes were vacant.
I thought about that as I slipped out, how she was excited about the trials but seemed to either forget that her own blood was to fight to the potential death or maybe she was ignorant to the fact of how sadistic her own sons were.
You were the one that ended him - Aksala reminded me - Beautifully, I might add.
I smiled, I did, but death was expected in the trials, or so I was told. I was just helping the fanfare.
Sure. sure - Aksala barked a laugh.
With each step away from the packhouse, I actually felt lighter. The nerves I carried with me all day, the ones that hardened when I thought of
