Shadow Heir
the heir asked, stepping closer.
“Barely,” one of the riders answered. “Found him wedged under the cages when the fire took hold. Could be a prisoner. Could be worse.”
The man gave a dry, rasping laugh. “If I wanted you dead,” he said, voice low but steady, “I wouldn’t have let you burn the beasts.”
Eolan’s hand went to his sword. “Name.”
“Rafa,” he said, as if that explained anything. “Once a scholar in the Creed’s service. Now… someone they’d rather see buried under snow.”