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being.” Her sagging throat bobbed. “She
believed you two could rule it together—the
Witch Kingdom. You would lead the
Ironteeth, and she the Crochans, and together
you would rebuild what fractured long ago.”
“And now there is just me.” Juggling both.
“Now it is just you.” Glennis’s stare turned
direct, unforgiving. “A bridge between us.”
Manon accepted the plate of food Asterin
handed her before the Second sat beside her.
Asterin said, “The Ironteeth will turn.
You’ll see.”
Sorrel grunted from the nearest rock,
disagreement written across her face.
Asterin gave Manon’s Third a vulgar
gesture. “They’ll turn. I swear it.”
Glennis offered a small smile, but Manon
said nothing as she dug into her food.
Hope, she had told Elide all those months
ago.