Eve’s POV
One minute the courtyard was empty, next minute she was standing at the entrance with her cloak hanging off her shoulder.
I was on my way to the infirmary when I saw her, it felt like seeing a lost relative, I almost ran to her but of course it was Astrid, not in this life nor the next.
As I stared at her, I remembered the treasury, the full infirmary and the traitor in our midst, my anger went over the fence
She lifted her head just then, her eyes instantly meeting mine. “Eve.” She breathed, her eyes and voice carrying a certain tiredness
My mouth opened to greet her…or to ask where the hell she had been all this time but Dorian appeared behind me with Malik before I could.
“Astrid,” Dorian called out to her the moment his eyes landed on her
He walked past me.
“This w
