The War God Alpha's Arranged Bride novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: Ashfield
He came up the road at dusk under a strip of white linen tied to a spear.
One rider, no escort, a thin grey horse, and a bandage wrapped from his right knuckles to his wrist.
Torin received him in the war room.
He did not sit.
I stood at his right with my father's letter in my pocket, and Kjell stood at the door with two guards behind him.
The rider took off his hat.
He was a lean, weathered man of forty, with a tired face and the stoop of someone who slept in saddles.
"I am here under the flag," he said. "I would like that said aloud."
"You are under the flag," Torin said. "You have until the candle burns to the second mark."
"That's generous."
"It is not. It's the first time I have said it."
The rider almost smiled.
Then he looked at me, and the smile went away.
"Ah," he said. "You will be the daughter. Marrick had your eyes."
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of The War God Alpha's Arranged Bride are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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