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“Only you persist in
keeping everyone at a distance.”


😕 story of her life 🫂 my shayla

“You are one of us now. Constantly assuming
we’re going to betray you belittles us and doesn’t say very good
things about you either.”


😕 for so long it’s been hammered to her she could only trust herself, back to back, it’s not easy to just open up yourself when you’ve been only in survival mode

“This woman is going to rule
at my side as I conquer these lands and lead my people into a
golden age of prosperity. Our children will rule long after we have
left this world and their children after them.”
Shit. He really did plan on children.
No, she hadn’t agreed to that yet.


😒 like you have a say

“Here’s some advice, since I really do
respect your abilities. Give Fallon what he wants, and throw your
lot in with the Trateri. You’ll be happier for it.”


🤬🫩

“The pathfinders,” Fallon said, his voice as
loud as a shout to Shea’s ears.
Caden looked up at Shea.


😭 hahaha just kill them all rn

Revealing Highland
secrets. Revealing guild secrets. There was no coming back from
that.
Worse, he was betraying Shea. She’d counted
him as a sort of friend once.


😞 traitor

A throat was cleared, drawing her attention
back to the duo at the table. This time Witt’s head was bowed while
he stared pointedly at his own placemat.
Shea sighed. Of course he’d need to be fed
too. Didn’t anybody feed themselves?


🤣 should’ve left them all to die 😭

In response he looked at the food and then
Fallon, repeating it several times before she caught the hint.
Fallon waited with both his arms resting on
either side of his setting, staring pointedly down at the empty
spot where the food was supposed to be. Well, shoot. Evidently, she
was supposed to be serving him.


🤣

“The old man was droning on and on. “You must
survive the fire and be reborn to be fully accepted as one of
us.”
She didn’t want to be one of them. She liked
herself just the way she was.

🙂‍↕️😆

She sank back into the water no longer
feeling the warmth.
She’d been pretty sure he wanted her to get
him past the mist and into the Highlands. To be truthful, she’d
been expecting that all along.


😮‍💨 thank gosh she got her wits 👏🏻

“So it’s not because I’m one of the few who
can get you past the cliffs?”
Fallon didn’t move, the expression on his
face remained unchanged, and yet the room felt saturated with his
anger.

HAH knew it

She didn’t mind them running
her down. All they were doing was helping her. If they managed to
convince the group she shouldn’t be here, Fallon might give up on
this strange obsession.


🙂‍↕️

“You’re weak.”
Now he was onto insults.
“You don’t belong here.”


😭 guess what? she’s been trying to get out of there

“She could always purposefully fail.
As if reading her thoughts, Caden said, “I
should warn you that if you fail, your friends, both the ones from
your village and the men you’ve been riding with over the past few
months, will suffer for it.”


😞 they’re so annoying

Stupid, stupid man. She had saved him when he
was helpless in a spinner’s web. If she had left him there, he
would have been sucked down like a man sized drink of water. But
did he thank her? Nooo. He threatened her, tried to fit her inside
a little box.

😔

She wouldn’t be going anywhere
with that threat over her head. They probably wouldn’t escape with her either. For them, these people were home.
All of her barely formed plans crumpled
around her. There would be no waiting for the right moment. No great escape.


🫩🤬

“You mean you don’t know?” Paul asked,
cocking his head. “I can’t believe this. Your entire army is out
looking for her, and now you don’t even recognize her when she
stands next to you at dinner.”


GAAAHHHH 🤬

“This one’s off the mission register until “further
notice. Orders of Hawkvale himself.” Caden gave Shea a sidelong
glance. “It’s a good thing I caught you before you left. Shane has
been promoted to the Anateri, Hawkvale’s personal warriors. I’m
afraid your days as a scout are over.”


🤬🫩

“The orders of the Warlord’s second. He wants
us close for the time being.”

“Whatever the reason, we’re tied to camp
until the restriction is lifted.”

🚨⏰‼️ alarms blaring yeah get OUTTTT 😭

“I’ve heard something similar before.”
Shea felt the weight of his eyes as she
looked away to rub her wrists. They didn’t hurt, but she needed an
excuse to avoid his gaze just then.
“It’s odd, but you remind me of her.”
Darius’s voice was thoughtful. “You even have the same color
hair.”


🤦🏻‍♀️ freaking hell Shea

“Then why am I still tied to this chair?” Her
voice snapped with anger.
Darius shrugged one shoulder. “Because we
can.”


😕 would’ve rage bait until got expelled and then just see their downfall

Inwardly, she sighed. When was she going to
learn that good deeds only ever landed her in trouble? If someone
had asked her if saving Fallon had been worth it, she would have
told them no. Both times.


😞🫂

That was somehow worse,
because those had been half chewed and were missing hunks of skin
and organs.
No wonder the revenant pack had been so
large. They had a steady meal to sustain them.
Shea’s chin wobbled as she caught sight of
the smaller bodies in one corner of the clearing. Forms the size of
toddlers or young children.

😞💔

“Sensing that his words had struck a chord,
Eamon said, “Think about it. You’re good at what you do, but you’d
be better if you could relate to your fellow scouts. No one can
survive alone out here.”


she did, since she was small 🙂‍↕️

The point was that she was right, and they
were wrong. If they’d listened, everybody would still be alive.
They didn’t, so they were dead. Not her problem. She’d done her
job.

🤣

“I was right about those,” Shea snapped.
“Yes, but no one believed you when you said
there was danger up ahead. What’s the point in being right if you
can’t get anybody to listen?” Eamon said.


😞😔

She should continue with her original plan
and look for her chance to slip away.
That night, she fought the sense of piercing
loneliness as she stared up at the millions of tiny lights dotting
the sky. Rolling onto her side, she closed her eyes and told
herself she was okay with things. She didn’t need to rely or be
relied on by the people around her. Things were fine just the way
they were.
🫂

“Whoever made this map should have their pens
and ink confiscated before being dropped in the middle of nowhere
with no supplies”


😞 wait till you find out your high precision map being used to invade your village

“I don’t think they hunt by sight or
smell.”
“Why?”
“Smell because it would have found us by now.
Sight, well I didn’t see any eyes on that thing, did you?”


👏🏻

“You and your foolish elders have destroyed
your precious village,” Witt retorted
“You backwards, goat arsed traitors don’t deserve another one. Not after
this stunt. Your village will be culled from the maps. Nobody will
find their way there ever again.”

🙂‍↕️👏🏻