Cassian did not want me on the wall.
"She wants you to show your face," he said. "That is the whole point of this."
"Then I will show it."
"Wren."
"If I hide, every wolf at that border will think she is telling the truth." I pulled his fur cloak tighter around my shoulders. "I am not hiding anymore."
He looked at me for a long moment. Then he sighed and held out his arm.
"Stay behind the shield wall," he said. "And if I say down, you go down."
"Agreed."
"You are lying."
"A little."
His mouth twitched, almost a smile. It was gone in a heartbeat.
We climbed the stairs together. Behind us came Kael, Dorian, and Ronan, pale and silent, with two Frostveil guards watching their every step.
The sight from the wall made my stomach drop.
Three hundred warriors stood in perfect ranks ac
