Chapter XVI
THE GUILTY
VIS WAS EERILY QUIET when they arrived. Like the owner and dwellers of the castle had fled. It was dusk when they passed through the outer gates, but that didn’t explain the lack of activity.
Storm shrugged it off. All his men had been sent out to reinforce their outposts, while the elite riders, the Montes forces, and a quarter of the Vis native forces had joined Storm in his quest to retrieve Sky. The spies had been put to work, and he imagined most noblemen were afraid of the consequences such an offense would entail. Waging war meant they’d lose their lives or those of their children. No wonder everyone was tucked into their homes, enjoying the remaining time of peace.
“It’s too quiet,” Sky said, burrowing deeper into Storm’s embrace. Storm had been holding h
