The hunting horns echoed through the forest again.
Closer.
Much closer.
My heart hammered against my ribs.
“They’re almost here,” Finn said, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword.
Kael instinctively stepped in front of me.
The gesture was so natural that I didn’t think he even realized he’d done it.
I looked at his broad back and felt something tighten in my chest.
No one had ever stood between me and danger before.
No one.
Seraphine emerged from the hidden entrance to the sanctuary.
With a wave of her hand, the stone staircase disappeared beneath the roots of the ancient willow. The silver glow faded until the tree looked like any other in the forest.
“If they cannot find the sanctuary,” she murmured, “they cannot ask questions about it.”
She turned to me.
“Remember what
