MARCUS Cassandra was at the gates when the sun came up. She threw a rope over her things and tightened it. A knife went into her belt, a water can got clipped to her side, her hands were moving fast. Wolves stood some feets away watching her, none of them came closer. I walked over and she looked up. "Morning," I said. "Morning," she went back to the rope, checked the knot. "Do you need anything? Maybe extra food? Or anything else" "I have everything I'll need, Kade made sure of that." She stood and looked at me, dark circles were under her eyes. "He thinks of everything." "Yeah." We stood there, the weather was cold, behind us a door opened and closed. "I'm sorry it ended like this," I said. "Are you?" Her voice came out flat. "You're his second now, I'm leaving so that works f

