ade as they sprinted through th

torn cloak. Caelen didn't stop. He pulled her behind him

them. Horns. Footst

cking my Oathma

it," he said. "I

er arm free.

nter storm. "You'd be d

r her chest. The burning had stopped. The

was slip

id coldly, "or keep pretending y

leathers and a wolf-bone pauldron. A wicked blade hung fr

ad

he hissed. "You burne

r," he replied. "Ask yourself why. W

falt

e I found the first lie. The s

but it was gone. She had nothing left but

y. "You can try to kill me later. But right n

f I sa

die with a red flame and no name. A criminal. A ghost. An

her screaming to run - from him

r heart, broken and

ou taking me

hers - calm,

t," he said. "Where the oaths were bor