“Oh, I don’t know about that,” I sighed.

“Right, because chasing off a lion when I was only a pup and stealing a wolfsbane dagger for me isn’t a big deal.”

At that,Ania’s eyes grew wider, and her face shed its pallor. I didn’t want her to believe that our lives were only battle and tragedy, but I wasn’t going to lie to her either.

“He’s making things seem more spectacular than it was. When he was younger he got a bee in his hood about proving himself and attempted to confront a mountain lion.”

“A lion?”

To this, Leo just shrugged. “It felt like a suitable aim to prove...