Kaida
I woke at noon and lay still for a moment, orienting myself the way I had every day since arriving at Ashenveil — the silk hangings, the pale stone ceiling, the dry warm air, the sound of the keep going about its business below.
Then I remembered what day it was.
The full moon.
I sat up so quickly that my head spun. I crossed the room to the door that connected my chamber to Maggie’s and pulled it open without knocking.
Maggie’s bed was empty, which was normal now. She had been disappearing before I woke for the past three days, going back to the stillroom the moment the human staff stirred.
I had stopped asking where she was going. I knew where she was going.
I found her there after I dressed myself, because I needed to see another living face and Maggie’s was the one I had b
