Why had they come to the docks before dawn if the tide wouldn’t be right for the ships to sail until an hour after? Surely the Purifiers wouldn’t attack with the Matriarch’s soldiers guarding every approach to the harbor. And each ship had a complement of her most loyal men, who would make the jo...
She opened her mouth to scream, but he snapped, “Be silent,” and the magic forced her to swallow the sound, choking. The numbness that followed the renewed spell did nothing to dull the pain.Misery and despair overwhelmed the tiny corner of her mind that remained hers even when the spell was stro...