“If Merrow wants her, there isn’t a force in this world that can take her from him.” Nesrin didn’t soften the blow. She didn’t see a reason to lie to Kade.
He’d spent the evening explaining his story, sparing no detail as he finally told someone every bit of his and Lyra’s history for the first time. How they’d grown up and been torn apart, how he fought to become strong and make his way to Iron Claw, how he’d finally gotten there only to find it a desolate ruin.
He’d kept it in for so long, he talked for hours with no rest. He hadn’t been able to talk to anyone about Lyra since she’d been taken. His father forbade even mentioning her name. Others thought him immature for holding onto someone long gone from the pack.
Nesrin sat on the edge of her cot, one arm braced behind her to bal
