Page 102 of Traitor Wolf

He considered. “Now that I know Corvessa is dead, I’ll get word to my mother and see who has taken over as magistrate in Aerlyn. Maybe I’ll go back and try to change things.”

“That would be nice.” Aerlyn needed change.

He nodded once. “Night, Brynn.”

“Night, Cassian.”

Watching him leave, a strange peace settled inside me. Seeing him alive and safe soothed a wound I had not realized was still bleeding. It felt as though Cassian, Kaelric, and I had all survived a war together. Though the battles had ended for some of us, Kaelric’s war was only beginning.

I chewed my lip, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath.

Valkaryn spoke then for the first time since I’d threatened to melt her down.

‘Go to him. He needs you.’She whispered from where she was shoved inside the trunk in my room.

I sighed.

Kaelric had made his bed, and I was going to let him lie in it.