Chapter 23
Indigo
We set out again the next morning, heading through the woods back toward the main road that would lead us to Tyler. We’d left later than usual because Melaina had insisted on visiting the hot springs yet again after we woke.
We’d probably reach the village by the end of the day, though, which still wasn’t sitting well with me. I really did not want to cross paths with my uncle. If there was anything he detested more than his resentment toward High Cliff, it was his loathing of all things Graykey. He would not take kindly to learning his High Cliff nephew had mated to a Graykey girl.
Quilla seemed quieter and more withdrawn than usual, however, so I ignored my own anxieties as I studied her on her horse, riding about twenty feet ahead of me. She didn’t seem upset or sc
