Her assessment reminded Danika about her sore muscles she never really forgot. A flush spread over her face and she shook her head at Sally. “No, he didn’t. At least not in the way you think.”
She let out a heavy sigh of relief. “Thank heavens. I thought you must have knelt all night, or he whipped you because your father is dead, and it’s your fault that the poisoned arrow traps caught him.”
Danika shuddered at that. She couldn’t even begin to imagine what would have become of her if he had punished her for that. “No, he didn’t.”
“Have you seen Madam Baski?”
“Yes. I saw her and Remeta when you went into town with the dress. She has given me herbs, and I got to play with Remeta. She’s doing so much better.”
“Yes, she is. I’m so glad about that, my princess. The ghosted one? No one wil
