Serene's Pov I couldn't stay still that evening, and while the others laughed and joked around, I decided to go for a walk around the fields near the mansion. I grabbed a shawl, wrapped it around my neck, and slipped out of the house without anyone noticing. I walked without paying attention to where I was headed. I wasn't scared. This was Agnar's land, and there was nothing to fear. What I wanted to know was how to get at Ianthe. Her face kept flashing in my mind — smug, untouchable. Pregnant and protected. How do you destroy someone who was poison herself? How do you make someone like that bleed? There had to be a way. There was something that could be done. I just needed to know what it was. Then something struck me: my conversation with Ivar earlier at dinner. As I thought more

