Early the next morning, I woke to the sounds of barking commands and hurried footsteps. Before dawn broke, the remaining human women that were housed in the same hall as Kallan were ushered out of their rooms and to the dining hall to take their meals. It was the same scrawny man that nearly ripped my shoulder from its joint the evening before that came to usher them away.
Just seeing him had made my skin prickle and made me want to pounce. “Where do you think you are taking them?” If he had not grabbed Tala by the arm to pull her out of the room, I might not have been too bothered.
The man looked at me with his brows drawn as he momentarily stalled his steps. “You still have a lot to learn,” he grumbled low, a growl nearly ready to spring from his throat.
“And you still have not
