Lane's POV
The night was as dark as ink. Campfires flickered in the distance like small orange stars.
I walked out of the tent alone and looked up at the sky over Ember ridge. I wondered which star was my father. Which ones were my brothers. Which faint light might be my mother and our people watching over me.
A few soldiers were gossiping nearby, the firelight hitting their faces.
"They fought all night. When General Conlay came out, he looked like a ghost."
"I heard he's breaking the mate bond... By the Moon, that's never happened in a hundred years. Breaking bonds with two mates in just a few months."
"Hmph. Serves her right. That's what she gets for bullying our Major General Conlay..."
The wind carried their voices away.
I looked away, tasting blood in my mouth. I must've bitt
