“Is she responsible for the deaths of Lord Darton and the other nobles? Is she the one who burned you?” I ask.
Faigen shook his head. “Once she met Cinderrider, she was like a slave. She did everything Cinderrider instructed her to do. Cinderrider wanted to burn villages. Harminy helped. She wanted to murder noblemen. Harminy picked the ones she knew from work and brought them to Cinderrider’s lair. She hid them in the king’s forest so they were noticed.”
Not a slave, I realize. A beta. Alphas can have that affect. “Why did she do it?”
“Cinderrider promised Harminy that if she helped, she would be elevated from her circumstances. She said Harminy would one day be the handmaiden to the queen. But first, they had to kill Count Malandre, ruin his plans, and allow Lady Celeste to marry the
