Calculated Return

MAEVIA

I sat silently inside the guarded carriage while the Drakos convoy traveled toward Highreach Keep. The armored wolves riding beside the wheels never relaxed their hands from their weapons for even a moment.

The heavy silence inside the carriage gave me time to think clearly again. I no longer cared only about escaping Torin or ending our sacred bond.

I wanted Vanya cornered badly enough to