Chapter 40

Mara's POV

Jessa sat on the infirmary cot while her husband stood beside the door, holding both their coats. Oren had folded hers over his arm as carefully as if they were going home together. They had been mated for twelve years.

I had learned to distrust what people meant when they called twelve years proof of anything.

Maeve examined the pale line at Jessa's throat. Oren's mark had faded too, after my Release had passed through Frostmere. He kept touching the place where it used to be.

“Tell me what happened when you tried to leave,” Maeve said.

Jessa glanced at Oren. “The first time, I couldn't get as far as the gate. I was sick for two days. The second time I thought I was dying.”

“You told me you had a fever,” Oren said.

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