CHAPTER 24
Brygida led the ride back to her witchlands, her heart in her throat as Demon flew over the countryside. Mama and Mamusia were in danger, and even with the snow melting some, they couldn’t get there fast enough.
They moved as quickly as they could without hurting the horses, but every moment that passed, the mob of villagers could be getting closer to the cottage, to her mothers inside and unaware of what awaited them. Following the road rather than a meandering trail dictated by a blood tie, they made better time, but it took riding day and night, past the exhaustion, past the complaints, and changing horses at two small villages to make it to Rubin in two days’ time.
She’d barely slept, taking only a couple hours when they were forced to stop, but Kaspian and Lady Rubin loo
