The Alpha's Claim on the Border Ledger novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: The Fire Ledger
I did not stay to watch it burn.
"Those are the old volumes," I said, pulling on my boots. "Everything Osric kept before I took over the book."
"He's burning the years before you," said Torin.
"Then my six years are the only record left."
"They're in the vault."
"Then I'm going down to hold them."
He caught my face and kissed me once, hard and fast, and then we were both running.
Torvi met us on the stair in her nightshirt with a crossbow in her fist.
"I saw it from the wall," she said. "Torin, the wolves are up. I'm sending riders to the ford."
"Do it," he said. "Rhona, wait for me."
I did not wait.
I took the narrow back stair down to the vault, because it was quicker, and the key was already in my hand.
The door stood open.
I stopped.
There was a lamp lit inside that I had not lit.
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