Page 77 of Her Silent Knight

“It’s really you,” Sin said as she pulled away from her best friend. Former best friend. Shit. Right now, she was the only bestie she had.

“It’s really you,” Caro said. But her voice was huskier. That was when Sin noticed the cut mark on her neck. No. That was a rope mark that had healed.

“You’re looking at my neck.” Caro touched her neck. “It happened on the day I was sent here. The day my mate and I was sent here.”

“You didn’t run away?”

“Is that what that bitch told the coven?”

“There was a letter written in your handwriting.”

“I never wrote no damn letter,” Lee yelled then stared around her. “Let’s go inside. I have your food and we need to catch up. Damn, I can’t believe you’re here, Sin. I’m happy to see you. But I’m sorry to see you also.”

“I know the feeling.” Sin stepped back. “Come in and I’ll take that tray. I’m starving.”

Lee stepped inside. “It’s meat and cheese. I just threw something together. Cook is preparing lunch. I’ll bring you more when it’s ready.”

Sin looked around. “I don’t have anywhere for us to sit.”

“There’s a table in the kitchen.”

“Is there? I haven’t been in there.”

“Your main room furniture will be delivered later.”

“Uh, thanks.”

“Come on.” Lee wrapped her arm around Sin who was biting into a piece of cheese. “Let’s go into the kitchen and talk. I can’t believe my bestie is here.”

Chewing her food, Sin allowed herself to be ushered into the kitchen.

“It’s not like our kitchens back home. But this is really nice for here,” Lee told her.

“It is.” Sin ate a piece of bacon as she stared around the room. The meat was called bacon. But there were no pigs here. The poagos did look like wild boars though. Hence the term, bacon.

“You have a stove. Do you want me to show you how it works?”

“I had one back at my other house.”

“Other house? How long have you been here?”

“Two years.”

Lee’s mouth dropped open. “Two years! I’ve been here three years. Oh my gosh, Sin. Sit down and tell me what happened.”

“You first.” Sit sat down and chomped on another piece of meat.

She was really happy to see her friend. Really happy. But her stomach felt like it was about to touch her back. She couldn’t talk until she finished this tray of cheese, meats and whatever those blueberry looking things were.

Seated across from Lee, Sin listened and ate as her friend told her of how she came to be on this frozen plane. Between bites of food, Sin took in the changes to Carolee. Her hair was cut short in a pixie hairstyle.

It was different from the dreadlocks she used to sport. It was still cute though. She was slimmer. Unlike Sin, who hadn’t managed to lose a pound since being here. Well, maybe one pound. That was about it.

She didn’t miss meals. That was the whole point of her learning how to hunt and trade so she wouldn’t starve. The mark around Lee’s neck was what bothered her the most. It had to be a deep cut for it to leave a mark like that.

“It was Hannah who cursed me here.”

Sin blinked. She hadn’t been paying full attention, but she was sure her friend said Hannah cursed her here. “Did you say, Hannah? Ms. Hannah? Your dad’s fiancé. Well, they’re married now.”