“Get out,” my father growls, taking a single menacing step towards the Atalaxian delegation. There’s danger in every line of my father, and even our own people lean away at the sight of him. Dad – he really is the wolf incarnate, ready to leap across the room and destroy this man who has so casually
Mark starts towards dad’s armchair, tugging me along with him. I let him pull me, knowing he’s scared. “Do you think they meant it?” Mark asks, looking at me as I perch myself on the arm next to him. “That they’re…going to wait until after the Midwinter holiday? Or…I mean…are they going to do a snea
The next few hours move strangely, some minutes flying by so quickly that I’m shocked to see the clock when I next glance up, others dripping by so slowly that it agonizes me. Dad organized us quickly, gathering everyone involved in the military together, including us Cadets. He calls in a few of hi
I grin a little, thinking of him curled up in it. But then I think about what he’s requested. “Tomorrow?” I ask, biting my lip a bit. “On…Midwinter Eve? Luca…why don’t you just come here for the party?”He sighs and looks down at me, quickly shaking his head, letting me know that…plans have changed.
“Would you stop it!?” Ben growls, his voice a little frantic now, looking over at the bar where Rafe is finishing up. “I’m never going to see the Atalaxians again, so it won’t matter and I’ll be fine, just drop it –“I gasp, going still. “So, it has something to do with the Atalaxians!?”He groans,
“More than I have ever been,” he says, heaving an exhausted sigh and then draining his glass. Rafe laughs and pats him on the shoulder.“Come on, then,” he says, nodding back towards the family bedrooms. “Bunk with me tonight, like you did the first night. No sense in wandering the palace trying to
Despite the rather dramatic way in which Jackson carried me to his room, about half an hour later the vibe is very different – calm, easy and simple, honestly like we do this every night. I’m freshly showered and dressed in another ridiculously large set of his pajamas as he comes out of the bathroo
“Exactly,” Jackson says, nodding solidly as he holds my gaze. “Trust your course, Ariel. An effective military needs people with many branches of expertise. Neumann is requiring you to learn your stuff because that’s what he believes you need to know – not military strategy like the rest of us. He w