Suddenly the food Zaya was eating turned to sawdust in her mouth.
She hadn’t even thought about her lure when she decided to accept him. All she’d thought about was being with him, letting go of her guilt, and looking towards the future.
Tears filled her eyes. Her vision blurred. She didn’t see the rutete appear in her room. Its stench hit her nostrils too late.
Dage appeared in the shield near the chasm. The army was ready. Emotions were running high as the ground heaved and soil particles flew in every direction causing dust clouds.
“I guess her plan didn’t work,” he said gruffly to no one in particular. He felt betrayed and used. How could she do that to him, to them? He had thought there was something amazing between them.
Maybe he had seen what he wanted to see. He had b
