Chapter Sixteen Riona
Riona sat on the edge of her bed as her thick black hair hung in wet braids around her face. She tried to dry her hair with a bath sheet, relishing the feeling of being clean. Time away from the library was hard to come by, and she closed her eyes, letting the rare quiet wrap around her.
Reaching behind her, she pulled the tips of her wings to the front to study the inky darkness that seemed to expand almost daily now. Would she end up with entirely dark wings like Nihal had?
Thoughts of Nihal always left her confused and a little angry. He’d pretended to be on their side, to give them answers, but it was Enis who held his loyalty in the end.
And none of them quite knew what that woman’s goal was yet.
Nihal died for his trouble, to save Enis, taking the rest of t
