*Amaya*

Wren was dead.

It’d been three days since I returned to the castle. Five days since the Manticore attack. And no word. Nothing. It was the only logical explanation or I would’ve heard something by now. He would be here.

I wandered around the castle mindlessly. I couldn’t eat, I could barely sleep. I had bruises and a couple of superficial cuts but nothing major. I replayed the attack over and over in my mind. I felt ...