Chapter Eighteen
It was the night before the dinner and Torak still barely talked to River, only answering direct questions with the least amount of words. River was a nervous wreck. She had not been allowed out of their living quarters.
Jo and Star had not been heard from since their last fateful day in the training room. The two elite guard members who had been at the training center had been replaced with two others who looked like they had eaten a lot of sour lemons. Every time she had tried to leave their living quarters, the warriors had stood in front of her, silently shaking their heads. By order of Lord Torak, River was to stay inside, they told her. They would gently push her back in and close the door.
River had tried at first to get a rise out of Torak, but he had remained s
