Chapter 23
"You can't do this," Adam said as I finally turned my attention back to him. He still looked like he might vomit at any moment. Some of that was the alcohol, but some of it was raw fear.
I mean, most people would be frightened with four large, heavily armed warrior-types hovering around them menacingly. Even Nilda and Kara were taller than he was, and they clearly knew how to use those knives.
But Adam being horrifically afraid wasn't the best way to get through the next hour. I had to calm him down.
"I know this doesn't make sense to you," I said. "If Gullveig had been just an ordinary young woman, this would all be different. But she wasn't. She belonged to my people, and my people have a different standard of justice than you're used to. I do promise I'll be fair, even th
