Cassie
I thought the garden was supposed to soothe me. Not until I discovered that there was a war brewing along the borders.
The Red Claw banner rising on our border was just a bluff. I should’ve known better, fire doesn’t knock. It burns its way in.
Mark's voice hadn't even started to subside yet. Lark wouldn't even meet my eyes.
And Kael, he didn't move an inch, as if he'd heard something the rest of us hadn't.
I was still catching my breath when the Red Claw messenger emerged out of the boundary mist, pulling the banner behind him like a sword.
Sunlight hit his silver-threaded cloak just right, casting the Red Claw crest into the dirt like a challenge.
He wasn’t loud. His presence was louder enough than any voice could be.
The weight of the wolf at his back, the way the air
