Chapter Thirty Seven

DPOV

Songs: Watching Over by Greta Van Fleet, Heart and Soul by Joy Division

With the successful return of Eddie's group, we were confident in trying something more lucrative. A group of men from our forces along with some of the troops from Galloway that had journeyed with Guardian Hathaway would travel back to their kingdom in order to get word to their lords and our allies in Northumbria.

Janine had volunteered to head on the mission and I was grateful that she would be leaving soon. It was a selfish feeling really. She had served the Dragomirs faithfully at one time and I should have been pleased to have her here protecting Vasilisa, but I couldn't quite shake the uneasiness her presence brought me. On the few occasions I interacted with her, she was nothing short of professional but it was hard for me to see her as a seasoned Guardian and a trustworthy ally when all I could think about was the distant yet autocratic mother Rose had described her as. Especially, since she appeared