rina

shed leather. It was usually my favorit

put my gear a

re was a new helmet. It was velvet, black, and encrusted with sma

For Aria. So you ca

the Pack. He was practically declar

. I needed to feel the wind to clear the

dro had probably contaminate

, I cho

young and unpredictable.

lder saddle from the back, one I hadn't

ping course. The sky was

girl," I

. The rhythm of the horse's hooves

r back. For a moment, I wasn't the rejected wife. I

" I co

rst fence easily.

was a double oxe

athered her legs. We launched

N

was like

the saddle to the horse snapped.

lance. Gravi

fe

the air out of my lungs. I heard the sicke

ny exploded i

curling into a b

other side of th

heat shot through my thigh. It wasn't just th

ts. The fabric was torn. Blood

nd... it wa

oken bone should knit in hours.

izzling. Smoke w

lv

saddle lying in the dirt.

just worn. It had been filed down. A

id s

me to fall. And they used silver to ensure I wo

nd-Link, but the pain w

ouse. Through the haz

e was laughing, holding a glass of wine.

re so f

for a patrol g

len to twice its size. The doctor, a Beta named Dr. Lewi

happened, Luna," he stammer

held a bouquet of lilies. Not the rare night-

ounding annoyed rather than

out, gripping the sheets. "I

flickered. He didn

owers onto the bedside table. "Equipment fails. You sh

ssandro," I hissed. "So

ng to blame the staff for your own recklessness. I

ked out. He didn't touch me.

he silver burn

ring picked up voi

e. Low. Serious. "I found traces of the silver pas

's r

Alessandro's v

ked. "She tried to cripple

live. It was just a prank gone wrong. Katarina is tough. She'll heal. Maybe a broke

e place, sir," M

I say, Mar

ked from my eyes.

tried to maim me. And

broken. He wa

g in my leg was nothing compared to

red into the dark. "You want