SELENE POV

It had been nearly a day since I’d seen Tor and it was a strange empty feeling after having spent the last week in his vicinity. I saw him at dinner after we’d made our return yesterday, but he had been wrapped up in war councils ever since.

So, instead of staying cooped up in the manor, I decided to go explore the village a little more.

The sun was shining down through the trees that surrounded the village in a protective embrace and a ...