SELENE'S POV
My heart was in my throat. Scratch that, my heart was inside my mouth, right on my tongue.
My heartbeat picked up as I walked a few steps behind Aldric. With each step, I could feel my heart beating faster and faster, pounding, knocking against my ribcage with such force that I wouldn't be surprised if it fell to my feet the next second. It was that bad.
The tension of knowing that Thorin was standing out there by the border—the knowledge that I would have to come face to face with him in a couple of minutes. Just a matter of months since I last saw him. Since he publicly accused and rejected me for a crime I didn't even commit. And now, he's here. With Kira.
What kind of bad luck is this? Maybe I should have stayed back at the pack house. I shouldn't have insisted on comi
