Chapter 30The clatter and rumble of a fire poker stirred Rune from his disquieted sleep. He pushed the noise aside, failed, then woke with a grunt, forcing his eyes to focus in the dark.
“Torunn?” he asked through clouded sleep. “What are you doing?”
“Rune!” Torunn exclaimed with forced surprise. She rose beside the grand hearth of Kallan's bedchamber. “What are you doing in here?”
He dug the heels of his hands into his eyes, forcing the last of the sleep from them. “I needed a place to sleep,” he said.
As if she didn't know, he thought.
“What was wrong with your bower?” Torunn asked stupidly.
With a sigh, Rune fell onto his back, too tired to keep himself upright, and spoke to the ceiling. “Kallan was there. I didn't feel like dealing with the fuss so I came in here seeing as how sh
