ARIA POINT OF VIEW

We returned to Shadowfang long before the sun should have been high in the sky.

The gates opened the moment we arrived, I could feel it in my chest, that sharp pull that came with his presence. It tightened the moment my feet touched the stone ground inside the pack.

Thorne was waiting.

His eyes moved over the maids first.

Their clothes were torn and one of them was shaking so badly she could barely stand. Another had dried blood on her sleeve. Thorne’s steps slowed, ...