Rowan:
I have paced the floors of Oxnera's temple since Frankie left. While little to no time had passed here, the crow shifter told Oxnera time passed much faster there, in the human realm. We learned so much from Oxnera sending her calling to Frankie, but we still had so few answers.
Why would she take them so far away, and what effect would that have had on them?
So many questions bombarded my brain, so many things that needed answers but had none, and they were aching, burning away at my soul until suddenly, I realized I no longer felt so empty, so hollow. The shell I had become was now full of an emotion I couldn't begin to recognize. I couldn't identify the mania swarming me. I couldn't recognize myself. I was powerful, a queen. I needed to act like one.
The moment I was resolu
