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I released her mouth.
“We—we didn’t kill anyone. We were long gone by the time that happened. I didn’t even hear about it until I got back.” Her voice trembled.
I had assumed that was true even before I met her. The first break-in was clean and nearly undetected. The second was a gruesome raid. The styles were entirely different and suggested separate assailants.
“I have only one question, then I will let you live.” I leaned closer. She couldn’t tell where she was supposed to look. “How did you get in?”
She swallowed. “There was a door—a door near the top of the east spire. I air-elevated us up to it.”
“How did you know of it?”
“Some female got drunk with one of the warriors and told him. He told us. You can’t see it but if you look for it, you can see a small bit of distorted light.”
Mal…
“Clever.” I leaned in even closer. “But I want you to remember,” She flinched at my proximity. “The Vaavi are no match for a Roav.”
She gasped and her eyes widened. She didn’t see the hand I swung at her head, hitting her hard enough in the temple to knock her unconscious.
Chapter Forty
Ryker
Iknew that Kya had been angered when Arra told her they broke into Morah. Guilt washed over me when I saw the fury in her eyes. While I hadn’t explicitly told the Vaavi to trespass and steal from the great library, they were working under my command and therefore, it was my fault. Regardless, Kya would have had the book either way and hopefully it would offer some insight into what the Glaev truly was.
If we could figure it out, maybe we could find a way to stop it, and the threat to my Nation.
That was the biggest reason why we couldn’t seal the bond. I wasn’t worried about the council of Sages and Worthy. And I wouldn’t have let them prevent us anyway. I would have burned them where they stood. I would have snaked my shadows into every orifice of their pathetic bodies and smothered them. I would have entered their minds and snapped their sanity or taken complete control until their hearts stopped. Them, I could control. But I couldn’t control the Glaev.
Kya was in a surprisingly good mood that day and spent most of it training with Odarum. She was quickly learning tomanage her magic from Kleio, and the muscles in her back were getting stronger each time she manifested her wings.
She’ll be flying soon.
Kya walked back to me, skin glistening with sweat. Seeing her using her magic so well after only a couple of weeks after manifesting showed me how driven and dedicated she was. She stood beside me, our fingers entwining before we went back to the palace.
When we arrived, Kya went to bathe and change. I had expected her to be apprehensive of water seeing as she nearly drowned, and I felt a slight unease from her, but she surprised me by confronting any fear she may have had with it.
My mate was headstrong and determined. And not just when it came to herself. She had stood up for people she hadn’t even known. I thought back to when she had advocated for the refugees, that fiery look in her eyes. Fuck, that look alone could have brought me to my knees. Not to mention her unyielding stature as she lifted her chin to me and demanded I let them stay. She refused to back down, and she was right. And Gods, if that didn’t do something to me. Something I wasn’t at all prepared for.
I met with Mavris to discuss the border breach from yesterday. Things had been tense ever since the Glaev incident a few weeks ago and when a few hunters from Ulrik wandered just inside our borders, some of the nearby villagers overreacted and attacked them.
“I was surprised you didn’t interfere between Arra and Kya,” Mavris said while waiting on me to finish writing orders for the Noavo. “They didn’t seem to get along.”
“There are few Arra does like, and it’s not unanticipated that they clash. Both are tenacious and relentless.” I didn’t lift my head.
“Anticipated or not, you still allowed the leader of the Vaavi to speak to your mate like that. Her future Lady if I’m not mistaken.”
I lifted my head up now to look at him. “Exactly.”
“I don’t follow.” He quirked an eyebrow.
“If Kya is going to be Lady of Oryn, she has to earn Arra’s, and everyone else’s, respect on her own. I can’t do it for her. I can’t step in for her.”
“Very wise of you.”
“Says my advisor,” I mumbled. I leaned back in my chair and ran a hand through my hair. “Besides, Kya explicitly instructed me not to interfere in these kinds of situations. She can handle herself.”
Mavris chuckled. “Maybe she truly is meant to be our Lady. That mate of yours has you showing a kind of restraintI’venever seen.”
