The weight of his words felt like a heavy stone. I wasn't just a girl anymore. I was a death sentence for the man I loved.
I looked at the door, thinking about running into the woods, but I knew I wouldn't make it. The Council guards were already surrounding the house.
"We have to hide you," Kael said. He started pulling me back down the hallway, moving with an urgency that terrified me. "They are going to search every inch of this house. They will start with the guest rooms and the barracks."
"Where can I go?" I asked. "If the Truth Seeker can smell the truth, won't he find me anywhere?"
"Not if you are deep enough underground," Kael said. "The old cellar. It was built into the side of the mountain. The stone there is thick, and it is lined with lead and salt from the old days. It wa
