Cassy

“I made it very clear that she was no longer welcome here!” Lino said, voice rising in frustration.

“You told that to our sentries, not to her father. You never told him you didn’t want his daughter here,” Kayden said dropping back in his chair.

“I’d think finding his daughter tied to a horse with a message ‘DO NOT RETURN’, was clear enough. For the Goddess’ sake, what am I to do with her? And I will not be sending my men to war on a woman’s word. Or her father. Lives will be lost. Too many. If what Cassy said about Sasha is true, then they must be gathering somewhere. It would be rash to play right into their hands. Surely they must be expecting us to fight them. They are provoking us.”

It didn’t make it any better that while he had been tracking Eleanor in the wilds that day, he could have sworn he smelled more of them headed in this direction. What if they had not been trying to confuse Eleanor’s scent? Why try hide Eleanor’s scent if they had planned to betray her