Chapter 10
“Who is your grandmother?” asked the hunter. “She’s the one who trained you—isn’t that what you said last night?”
Warning bells went off in Ruby’s head. No one betrayed the identity of anyone else in her grandmother’s circle. It had been a long-ingrained habit of the old wars that Ruby had learned at an early age. She must have been almost delirious with exhaustion last night when she spoke of her grandmother.
The hunter looked pleased. Earlier, he’d seemed disappointed with Ruby, looking almost eager to dismiss her. But once she began showing him how she’d killed the beast that attacked her, a spark of wonder came into his eyes. Even now, he was grinning.
“Why? My grandmother is no one of any importance.”
“She trained you well, even as a child. Just imagine how well she co
