Everything went so still around him. Ulric was certain the very earth had stopped rotating.
He kept his eyes on the old woman, unwilling to look behind him and acknowledge what she had said. Of course, that made the suicidal old woman smirk like she had won the jackpot.
With her long gray hair pulled back in a no-nonsense ponytail that contrasted with the dusty boots, casual jeans, and blouse she had on, Maeve could have easily been mistaken for a gentle old woman. That was, of course, not taking the flaming stick she held into consideration. But Ulric knew better, and he knew just how heartless the woman was and the lengths she would go to get her way.
Hence, part of him wanted to believe she was just trying to distract them from the fact she had been caught in their forest trying to
