The past few months had been hectic. Arabella had spent most of her evenings and nights sneaking away to the hideout. The Rogues had been speaking more and more about the War – that in only a few short months, they could finally be strong enough to take on the Army and the King. All this talk frightened her, Arabella knew that as soon as it came down to it – as soon as she would be forced to choose a side – she would have to make the terrible decision between her duty to her husband and her duty to her people.
This thought gnawed at her and, with her frequent disappearances to the training room, she had found herself spending less and less time with Alaric. Admittedly, he had also been busy – doing whatever secretive things these meetings with his father were about – but they had hardly s
