A firm hand caught her arm to steady her, and she turned to see Viran. He looked shaken, but his eyes were burning with something beautiful—awe and warmth, and something else she couldn’t place.
“Well,” Keriya murmured, “I finally got my answer.”
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE“For each action taken and each thread wielded,
an equal and opposite must be yielded.”
~ The Binding Laws, 19:4
Keriya stood in a stupor, gazing at Viran. For a moment it looked like he was about to smile—what he was smiling about she couldn’t guess, but she was inclined to smile back.
Then the moment passed, because Seba ruined it.
“How?” the princess shrilled, finding her voice and her temper. “How is this possible?”
Keriya shrugged. She was asking herself the same question.
“Why did the small one return your boon?” Se
