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Another wasp?
Had the whispers of the haunted girl finally reached their ears? The tales of the girl who sees the unseen? She’d been careful in Skarstad, but addressing the little blond girl in the town square had been a foolish slipup.
A grimwolf or a bear or a vampire deer or, worse, a man.
“Because, Moonflower. If people realize you see things that aren’t there, the Klaernar will come calling.”
Perhaps Silla was imagining it, but she sensed disapproval in the harsh glare of the creature’s dark eyes.
The must of wet fur mingled with the mineral scent of blood.
“You’re right to be frightened.” The man’s gaze continued downward. “Drop the…hammer?” His lips teased a smile, but his grip on her neck tightened. “Drop it.”
Under the table, the two girls cowered, their little bodies pressed together.
That man needs to hug a baby or pat a dog, she thought.
“You afraid of me, Sunshine?”
“You’re right. I’ve been complacent, content to place the burden of my safety on the shoulders of others.
I’ve decided you’re more risk to yourself than to me with that blade. Careful, Sunshine. The sharp part bites.”
“Lonely?” asked Hekla, twirling her dagger in her hand. “No.” She leaned in and lowered her voice. “That’s what Gunnar is for.”
“She hums. I’m not sure she even knows she does it. It’s quite irritating.”
“Dowdy dresses? They have pockets. They are practical! We travel the Road of Bones!”
moon-touched grandmother
doesn’t have all her horses in the stables,
“Oh, quit it with the axe eyes, Reynir,”
Skjöld is recommended for short-term use only due to the phantom visions and dangerous side effects reported by long-term users.
“Now you will try your luck against me. Try to bring me to the ground, Sunshine. Again.”
“You cause me to weep, woman, and it is not from happiness.”
little princess?”
“Oh…you know now. I pulled rather hard that time. Was that your worst fear, Eisa Volsik?”
Selfless Silla.
Jonas laughed, a brittle sound he did not recognize as his own. Best in this world? Pitiful if that was true. But in time he would know all her truths.
“You agreed to do what I said, Silla. Think twice before going behind my back again.”
“I’ll use the sharp part this time, Rey,”
Adherent,”
“Not killing you when I discovered you in our wagon will be a thing I regret until my last breath.”
Rolling his neck, he caught sight of the black veins on the back of his hand. It had been days, and his galdur strained so hard to be freed, he scarcely had to think to express it.
Now is not the time to worry about modesty,
“You truly are filled with sunshine, aren’t you?”

