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"Does he still have his head?"

"For the "

"Yes?"

"How did Annwyl survive the flames? Hefaidd-Hen’s flahus ju his sister by her ar her completely into the tent "You let Annwyl face her alone, didn’t you?"

"It was a risk she illing to take!" Morfyd pulled her arms away and pushed her brother

"But not a risk that I illing to take! Not with her life!" Fearghus pushed her back

"I feel no guilt for what I did I had to protect her, and the faree!"

"We didn’t ask you!" She punched her brother in the chest

"But Annwyl belongs to me" He slapped his hand over his sister’s face and shoved her

Morfyd stulared at him "No She doesn’t" Morfyd shus winced at that His sister spoke true Until he perforin "You haven’t h the envael has been looking at her lately, you never know"

The siblings growled at each other Then Fearghus pulled his sister into a headlock

"Ow! Let round his knuckles into the top of her head "You are the hus looked up as Brastias entered the tent But he took one look at the siblings and walked back out

Fearghus released his sister and shoved her away so she couldn’t get in a good kick

"If anything had happened to her"

"But it didn’t And maybe you didn’t notice, but it saved her life!"

With that Morfyd straightened up her robes, pushed her white hair out of her face, stuck her tongue out at her brother, and left

Fearghus growled, s out from his nostrils "Brat"

Annwyl headed back to her tent She’d grown tired of pushing Gwenvael’s hand off her thigh every ten seconds Eventually she’d just pulled his fingers back until she heard one of theered him to no end, but after the past day he really didn’t worry her

She walked past rows ofStill so much more work to do, but she let the men have their time They earned it And they would earn more still Annwyl knew that she must attack Garbhán Isle and take possession of the castle before she would truly be queen It galled her that she would have to return to a place she held with such contempt, but the seat of power for Dark Plains was Garbhán Isle She had no choice And once done there she would then have to defeat any and all that ht still hold loyalty to her brother Yes, she had ht was special