Leo was awake when we reached the ambassador wing. That made everything easier. And harder.

He sat on the sitting-room floor in his nightshirt with the blue blanket around his shoulders like a cape. The wooden horse stood between two carved wolves. Mara was besi

Camille answered my summons from behind glass. The Vane diplomatic residence stood inside Blackthorn's east compound, surrounded by a low iron fence and three centuries of treaty language.

White Moon guards could see the front door. Blackthorn guards could see the si

The command room had four maps and not enough wall. Blackthorn territory covered the largest table. White Moon routes covered the second.

Northwatch casualty reports covered half the third before I had been inside five minutes. The border breach was no longer a warning.