ed into t

ades, but w

le warmed beneath her knees. The winds returned-whisp

sia

d god of forbidden love and wrath,

hind every kiss. They buried me beneath st

yes. And the memori

ughter echoing

asmine in the

you beneath the stars-befo

for her blood. He

gave i

with thorns. Vines slithered up her arms, branding her skin with ru

ice pulsed in

Cast aside. Now rise, Cassia of

power burning

no longer blinded her. When she walked, the

d the outer villages,

ith eyes

e noble, n

in a gir

er, she met the man who would become

m. Former gladiator. Current outlaw. With a voice

he said, when she coll

en throu

water. She did

am

ead in the eye.

. "Then what sho

d into th

ll me