Mistress Denna’s POV If the Enchantress didn’t answer this time, I swore on all the cursed moons I’d burn her silk curtains. I had taken the stairs two at a time, my nerves on edge. Rowan’s demand still rang in my ears like a death sentence. I didn’t have the patience for this. “Enchantress?” I knocked again, louder this time. “We have a—” The door flung open with such force that I nearly stumbled inside. “—problem,” I finished weakly, catching my balance. “Do you ever knock like a civilized being?” she hissed. “I did! Three times!” I held up three fingers for emphasis. “The problem is you never answer!” The Enchantress’s chambers smelled like jasmine, smoke, and too many secrets. I hated coming here, it always felt like walking into the lion’s den wearing a “bite me” sign. “That

