Now more than ever, she needed to keep Vevina safe, no matter the cost.
"You will surrender and I will let your wife and your clan live under my leadership," Mordrac ordered sharply. "If not, I will see that every Sinclare dies, and not an easy death, starting with your wife and of course, you along with her."
He looked up at the clear sky. "It is a good day for torture and execution."
"How can I trust you?" Astrid asked though she would have preferred to be choking the life out of the man.
"I give you my word," Mordrac said.
"How do I accept the word of a liar?"
Mordrac grinned. "What other choice do you have? You're beaten, Sinclare woman, accept it and save those you can."
Astrid knew Mordrac's word meant nothing. As soon as she surrendered, the barbarian would kill the entire cl
