Lucien

The fortress had started to breathe uneasily again. Even with Mira's warning, and guards patrolling through the night, the tension didn't lift. Wolves spoke in quiet murmurs, afraid to be overheard.

Rhea's name had become something dangerous to utter aloud ---- a curse passed from mouth to mouth.

Lucien had heard them that morning as he crossed the courtyard.

"Her eyes----did you see how they glow when she is angry?"

"I heard she made the runes flare ...