The Dark Warning
I ran back up the dark stone stairs to my bedchamber.
My chest was heaving, and my heart slammed against my ribs. I reached my room just as Cassian stepped back into the hallway.
He was walking toward my door to check on me. His black steel boots made heavy, deliberate sounds on the hard floor.
"You are out of your room Arianna," Cassian said, his dark eyes narrowing right away. His hand dropped to his long sword belt.
"Duke Varn just signed an execution order," I said, marching straight up to his chest plate. "He is going to kill that old prophetess in the low dungeons before sunset."
Cassian did not flinch. His face stayed cold and hard like granite stone.
"The council handles the prisoners Arianna," Cassian said in a flat voice. "It is not your concern."
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