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Her grin rees darkened with an emotion he couldn’t na me I’m worse than a stomach virus, and I think it’s ti you to letyou to hurt the bastardyou to kil ht, even as his deain Nervous, excited Okay, mostly nervous

Win, in Please, win

Suddenly hating Kaia with every fiber of his being, Strider gave her a stiff nod Game on, then "When this is over," he said softly, "I wil make you pay"

"I know," she replied, and her tone was oddly subdued

"Believe me, I know"

CHAPTER NINETEEN

THOUGH TWO DAYS OF WALKING and monotony had passed since they’d left their cave, and al Auard Haidee the few tirips hat he’d once done to her Or what had driven her to hate him and his friends, hate that led her to aid in Baden’s destruction Noher right into an attacker’s blade

Gods The blood pouring froony in her expression…

His friends only remembered bits and pieces of their tied and destroyed, but not specifics Like who and what Amun, however, recal ed every detail Or rather, Secrets wouldn’t al ow hiet Mysteries of that nature weren’t ever al owed to remain unsolved, even within hie he’d felt as he had fol owed the Hunters to the nobleman’s home They’d had a particularly violent battle earlier that , before the Hunters had cut their losses and retreated Having none of that, Amun and the others had fol owed the, and they’d been determined to annihilate those responsible

What he hadn’t pieced together then--the infor else--but what he determined noas that they’d been herded, purposely led into that house Not by the Hunters, but by the "he" who pul ed their strings Not the robed being Haidee had seen, but the "he"

the Hunters had mentioned when they’d spotted the creature "He" had known a demon would be there

"He"

had wanted everyone inside that roohtered

Even his own people