“How do you know about the Maiden Card?” I clenched my jaw. “Did he give it to you? Hauth Rowan?” Ione brow furrowed. “I can’t understand why you hate the Rowans so much, Elspeth. Hauth has five hundred years of legacy foisted upon him. He needs support and understanding, not blind resentment.” Her voice, so soft, had hardened. “Or can you only think of yourself?”
