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"I didn’t know" He wilted a little

"No I iine you did not" Chaeron shifted the sword froainst the Lady Rogan of Silvera You will be placed in my custody and taken back to Silvera for trial"

"Lieutenant" I shookthis man punished severely for an act of stupidity born out of frustration

"But Lady Rogan?" Chaeron frowned

"All I want is an apology" I crossed my arms over my chest

Hewitt looked between the two of us, his expression filling with hope as he waited for Chaeron’s decision The Lieutenant finally nodded, although his eyes blazed against the decision, and Hewitt breathed a sigh of relief before turning to me "I am so sorry, my Lady I arievance ould have dealt with it, Mr Hewitt I assure you that none of us were aware of these conditions you speak of Let us return to our camp quietly and I will speak with the Captain of the Guard He will investigate the matter" It was perhaps obnoxious and forward of me to assume Wolfe would take care of this situation, but I couldn’t leave these people as they were They were so volatile Just one spark…

After thankinga close call, the men and I withdrew from Hewitt and turned back for ca beside ed it off I was the one who had been spat on I should be the one to mete out the punish ahead He cornered the Captain and began speaking to him frantically At any other ti to keep my distance from Wolfe

By the time Chaeron was done, Wolfe’s face was hard as stone With an efficiency and lethal determination that deroup of ten men and they mounted their horses As they cantered towards rass I saw Wolfe’s horses’ hooves come into view and then stop

"Next tiht me by the back of the neck and tippedyou would leave them this way?"

He frowned back atorders froies It won’t happen again"

Again, see startled and disappointed by an to pull away Just as I was relaxing, sure Wolfe would take care of the issues the villagers had put forth, he threw over his shoulder, "I’ you"

"But I don’t want that!" I cried, rushing to catch up with hi to look uninterested in our exchange "You can’t do that!"

Wolfe drew to an abrupt halt and glared down at an I am the Captain of the Guard" He seethed, his face an, and that I will not stand for" Abruptly he turned and jerked his reins, galloping over the bridge and into the village, unmindful of his surprised Guard who took off after him Surprised by the abrupt departure? No

Surprised that in front of theiven name

It ith a h and was no longer speaking to me He returned to camp some few hours later and told Chaeron what had happened I tried to eavesdrop, but the collective snoring of the Guard drowned out their voices

The nextWolfe refused to look at me, let alone speak to e, I had to ask Chaeron for the details of Wolfe’s venture into the village

Apparently Den Hewitt had not exaggerated After investigation, Wolfe discovered the Manager of the ers to the bone to keep up with the co the sick children and ill workers, worn out and hopeless, Wolfe was furious The village had had two deaths in the last er (and Den Hewitt) and threatened hies if he did not return to the nor procedures To ensure his obeisance, Wolfe left two of his er to Vojvodkyna Winter Rada explaining the situation, and asking her to send some of her men to relieve the Royal Guardser for theWolfe had taken care of it I had known he would I sighed wearily and stared straight ahead, worrying about ould find in the next village we passed through I had so much to tell Haydyn once she ake and well Our problem wasn’t just the evocation Our probleoverned by the Rada, the people were ignored and left to go about their business ungoverned That had to change I straightened my spine with determination When this journey was over and es For the better

Chapter Twenty One

To h Daeronia passed uneventfully We stopped in two otherunder the conditions of the first From their disposition to the state of their homes, to their fervent hospitality, they were fire to the southern coal e’s ice And I? I was confused Perhaps I had e attitude down to Haydyn’s evocation, but the northern coalwas the problem then they would be the ones to feel the affects more so than the south

My forehead spent a lot of time in a perpetual state of wrinkles

The situation with Wolfe hadn’t changed If anything it had worsened Anything he had to say to ht we dined in the ho town called East Winds, Wolfe flirted with their twenty-year old daughter as he ignored ony in ht to feel anything toward him