Riever POV
“So, how are you feeling about the games so far?” I asked, unable to hide the cheeky smile on my face.
Father looked every bit as unhappy as I expected him to. I had tried to get him to bet on the scavenger hunt too, but he wouldn’t take the bait. I think he was upset enough that I was preemptively restoring the Luna Mirror. “She’s a nice girl,” he said with a shrug. “Clearly, she’s…” he paused for a moment, trying to come up with the right word. “…more than I’d expected out of a human.”
My eyebrows shot up. “Wow. That’s more praise than I thought you capable of.”
“Shut it, Riever,” he said with a scowl.
We were on our way to the Cresthill Pack, where the duel would take place. Since I had issued the challenge, he got to pick the time and location. I had been lucky he was
