Valkyrie paced in her room, utterly disturbed. Her face was red, and she was on the verge of breaking down in tears.
She couldn't sleep. Sleep had abandoned her.
His possession? His?
What, in the light of the moon, had happened at the court? How had she even managed to appear there after being whipped?
Her plan had been to keep her hidden until she got the answers she needed, then expose her as a new slave who had broken the rules and let her face the death penalty.
But that plan was ruined. Completely ruined.
The door creaked open, revealing Selene.
"You!" Valkyrie roared, storming toward her. "How dare you betray me?! You tricked me, you old hag! You treated her and brought her to the court!"
Selene's face remained calm. "You needed her, my lady. How would you have found out how
