82 Friends & Foes – Part 3

~ HARTH ~

When they arrived at the area outside the Prison tree, the guards spread out and Harth and Suhle were allowed to simply join the circle where Tarkyn and the Queen, her mate and brother, along with the healer Harth had seen, but whose name she couldn't remember.

Tarkyn, who'd been standing just apart from the others talking to the Queen's brother, hurried towards her when he saw her arrive. His face lost some of its tension when she made it to his side and he pulled her close, kissing her hair as they listened to the Queen's brother discuss with the guards how they would keep the prison door open to assist with the feeling of more space, but position guards outside it.

While they discussed logistics, Tarkyn touched her mind. 'Are you okay?'

'I am,' she said carefully. She still held some of the hope she'd felt when Suhle encouraged her, but Sasha was standing in this circle as well, and watching her, Harth's heart chilled.