I have buddies who will come for me. ” King Rydstrom—now Lanthe’s brother-in-law—was ferocious about Sabine’s and Lanthe’s protection, vowing to slay every person who idea to damage both sister. He understood that without Lanthe, his beloved spouse Sabine wouldn’t have survived all those years, and he felt indebted to her. But Rydstrom and Sabine didn’t comprehend the truth: Lanthe had precipitated the Vrekeners to descend on them in the first place—because she’d stupidly befriended Thronos, a reality that she’d in no way published to her sister. “And what friends would these be?” Thronos grated. “Perhaps you’ve heard of my brother-in-law Rydstrom, the ruler of Rothkalina, master of Castle Tornin?” Rydstrom had alerted the king of the Air Territories—Thronos’s brother—of his protection. An
