Chapter 9
Tierney
“Filthy jerks.” Tierney scowled at the soldiers who sat nearby, skinning the huge animal they’d hunted before she even woke. It was enormous and vaguely deer-like, but the meat held an intense gamey odor that put her off her breakfast. What sort of game did they have in this kingdom? The truth was, the legends said very little about Lenya other than mentioning its existence. She didn’t know about the constant wars or what type of fae lived here.
She didn’t even know if they had magic or if her mind had been playing tricks on her in the heat of battle.
Blood stained the rocks where the carcass lay. Back home, when she and Toby returned from hunts, one of the servants would string up their kills to drain them before butchering them. It was a much longer process than cou
