Chapter Five: The Envoy at the Gate

The whole ugly plan turns over: Wren was never the poisoner Ysolde was hiding. She was the target Ysolde was breeding. The exile, the framing, the flushing into the snow, all of it, to collect a dire-blood child Ysolde arranged eighteen months ago. Dain refuses the envoy and declares war. But Garret leaves Wren with the cruelest truth of all. Comment your reaction. Add to library, this one HURTS.