Nick’s POV
Our first official stop above the Coffin Corridor is one that instantly tugs at my heartstrings: Glaive.
Glaive is known to the entire kingdom as a fighting town—the sort of place you only need to visit if you’re gearing up for a mission, hiring a sellsword or bodyguard, or looking to learn how to fight.
Which is exactly how we know it so well—me and Luke.
We learned to fight here.
“Really?” Ren asks me with big, wide eyes when I tell her this. We’re climbing the brick walls of the tunnel to reach the camouflaged top, but she doesn’t seem to be having any trouble with the climb. “What kind of fighting?”
She’s seen you shoot an arrow, I remind myself ruefully, and little else. “Well… all kinds. I know you haven’t seen much of it, but—”
“I saw you shoot Caine Oliver’s d*
