Chapter 11

Mara's POV

By the time we returned to Black Hollow, the snow had lost its last light. Soren had lost enough blood to stop making jokes. Ronan had reopened the spear wound in his side at the chapel, but he still tried to walk past the infirmary.

Maeve caught him by the back of his coat. "Bed. Now."

He looked toward the stairs. "Mara wants to question Vivian."

"Tamsin can go with her."

"And I can walk."

"You can also fall down while bleeding. You've demonstrated both."

I stopped beside him. At the chapel, I felt his weight against my hand as he knelt, and the memory made it harder to keep my next words light.

"Stay here. Let her finish this time."

He looked at me for a long mo