Theora didn't even pause before barreling toward Lanrey. There was too much unresolved hatred between them. Lanrey had been taunting her for weeks. She'd stabbed Sthena and hurt her horse. Theora didn't have proof she was the one who'd hurt Sthena, putting her in the infirmary for weeks, but she just knew; she would have bet every single credit in her vault that Lanrey was behind the stabbing. And Theora hated injustice. If she hadn't been so good already, Sthena might have had to repeat her rank because the injury had incapacitated her, while Lanrey had gone unpunished and proud of what she'd done. Theora remembered how Reylan had been pissed at her proving Sthena was innocent, too, and she knew they had chosen that vampire because her and Theora had gone from being archenemies to being s
