Elena nibbled at her bottom lip before she scrubbed at her face. “What does this mean? I can never go back home?”
“You will if you want to… eventually. Until the authorities stop raiding towns trying to find us, we are going to have to lay low for a while.” I cleared my throat loudly, standing on my feet. I staggered, wincing as I clutched the wounds by my side. “For now, we will be safe here.”
“Erik… what the f**k happened to you?” She whispered, her eyes pooling with a sea of concern and fear.
“I challenged my brother for the highest rank in Lunaris. He was trying to kick us out, and I couldn’t let that happen— at least, not without a fight.”
She gasped. “Why would you do that? You could have died!”
I chuckled, even though the sound was empty even to my own ears. “We would die if
