Isaak
IsaakBehind me, Zara shook. I had seen the sheen of tears in her eyes, watched her shoulders droop as my father’s captain of the guard, my boyhood friend, Erick, had moved toward her. In the moment her gaze lifted to mine, I’d seen something I never wanted to see in her beautiful eyes again when she looked at me. Disappointment. Pain. Resignation.
Even when she’d stood beside Jirghogis, she’d looked fierce and determined.
Here, now, she had believed I was going to allow her to be taken. I had hesitated for a split second, but that had been enough to betray her trust. Fark!
FarkMy father’s scowl deepened, but he wisely waved Erick away from me when the brute would have come at me again. “You are making very serious accusations against an extremely powerful Councilor, Isaak. A Coun
