Half Claimed novel · Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter 14: Verity's Reason
"Go to the Moot with Odell," I told Idris. "Ask them for a delay."
"The Alpha may stay any ruling that touches his own bond. Make them argue about it for an hour."
"And you?"
"I'm going to see your mother."
His face closed.
"Not alone."
"Alone. If you come, she'll perform for you."
"If I come alone, she'll have to answer me."
He looked at me for a long moment, and then nodded once.
I tucked the cracked wax sheet inside my apron against my ribs and walked out into the rain.
The Luna's rooms take up the whole east end of the hall's upper floor.
Her steward opened the door, saw my face, and stepped aside without being asked.
Verity stood at the window in a plain brown gown, with her torc off and lying on the sill.
She had been crying, I thought, or she had been very angry, and on her the two looked the same.
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