A voice in my ear startled me, and I had to keep my hand from flying to my sword once again. "Don't pay any attention to her," the voice said. "She's liked causing trouble since before we rescued her from Hex."

I turned and faced Dalton, scars and swords and all. "You rescued her from Hex?" I asked.

"Sure did," he said. "She got there because she liked breaking rules. Not because she felt it was morally necessary to disagree with them, but because she found it fun to break ...