BRYN The whole ride back to Alistair’s lands I was shivering, thinking of what Zion had told before we left. How he looked at me… And how he ordered Filin to go to his shoulder instead of the werewolf’s. He was angry with me. It was obvious. He kept giving me orders and I kept failing following them. This task was a problem. Alistair was a problem. I wanted to talk to someone but Len and Amira were in another carriage. And almost every time I looked at Filin, I saw red eyes… He was watching me. More than it was necessary. And it scared the life out of me. What was wrong? Why was he observing me so much now and not on the previous tasks? Did something happen? Or… maybe he was doubting me… After all, this was the first time I was working abroad. Maybe he was thinking that I might

