Chapter 4
Yashiv watched very closely as Cassian helped the child into the saddle in front of him. It wouldn’t be unheard of for one so young to be a trained assassin—they were skilled at getting close to their victims unsuspectingly. It could all be part of a greater plan to kill Master.
He had the child’s knife—the hilt of it worked with small rubies in gold settings—resting in his saddle bag. But the girl could be concealing something else. Something even more dangerous.
Perla and her warriors were still sorting out what they could take and what was ruined. Two of them worked at lining the dead bodies in a row. They’d dig a shallow grave and deposit the unlucky souls within. Though the Orvokki were rivals, and not their responsibility, the Eanraig Clan still did right by Gaetan, the
