Chapter 12

By morning, half of Black Hollow wanted Mara protected and the other half wanted her sent as far away as possible. I understood both positions. I also wanted Lucien Cross to stop smiling whenever she entered a room, which had nothing to do with the safety of the north and was therefore a thought I kept to myself.

Maeve was finishing the bandage around my side when Lucien asked whether I had slept.

“I was attacked in an archive at midnight.”

“So better than Ironwood.”

“Marginally.”

Mara came in with a dispatch in her hand and snow melting in the loose strands of her hair. Lucien’s attention went to her at once. She had the look of a woman who had already chosen a course and was prepared to let the rest of us catch up.

“No,” I said.

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