Chapter 23
When the cage was unlocked, Cinder stepped back.
Lalyn paused as if unable to believe that the door was open. She slowly reached forward and crawled out.
The tall fairy unfolded out of the cage, looking long and lean. Her shape had shrunk to the shape of a skeleton, her once-beautiful dress tattered and colorless, her once-vibrant hair limp and lanky.
But her eyes were the same. Full of cunning and fire.
Cinder took another step back when she saw the eyes. They were not the eyes of a broken creature. Would the fairy want to exact revenge on Cinder for all the wrong that had been done to her by others?
“I should like a taste of meat.” Lalyn licked her dry lips. “And drink wine. Do you have any here, child?”
Cinder nodded.
“What would you have me do in exchange for them?”
