Assar

The carriage passed through the gates leading to the house seat less than thirty minutes later. Oksana had ordered a small number of her guards to hang back with the prisoner and to take him up to her private chambers when they arrived. She had said she didn’t want to give her brother any warning that they had caught the tamer.

Assar looked out of the window of the carriage and saw a long line of servants and other house members waiting to greet them. He groaned at the ...