I had no idea how long I’d been out, but when I finally blinked awake, the sun was still shining. It couldn’t have been that long.
“Well, well, look who’s awake,” a voice rumbled behind me, deep and mocking.
I twisted my neck to see one of the giants sitting right behind me. Thick ropes pinned me to the ground.
“What do you want?” I asked flatly.
“Nothing at all,” he said with an infuriating smirk.
“Sure. You went to the trouble of tying me up for ‘nothing.’”
“You were trespassing on our territory,” he shot back.
“Funny. From what I’ve heard, this isn’t even your land,” I replied coldly.
“Things change when you drag the black witch into Avalon. Thanks to you, we’ve been forced out of our home.”
“Where’s Malric?” I demanded, craning my neck.
“Busy,” he said, the corner of his mout
