Chapter Sixteen
Riona
“How could we let this happen?”
Riona watched Griffin pace back and forth across the palace library. “Seven.”
He stopped and turned to her. “What?”
“That was the seventh time you said that. The answer won’t change, Griff. We failed to get the book.”
Red crept past the collar of his shirt and into his face. “You think I care about the book right now?”
“You should. We know now Callum took the twins to Myrkur, to Egan. Everything is different now. Egan doesn’t need us. He doesn’t need to keep your people alive.”
Griffin collapsed into a chair. “Shauna and Nessa. How could I have forgotten about them? Since the moment I realized Brea and Loch forgot the twins, it’s like I have this all-consuming guilt. And fear.”
Pain seared through Riona, and she clutched her he
