Raya Banks

My heart sped up the second I caught sight of Nikolai’s midnight-black horse speeding through the trees before shooting past the gates of the castle as the battlement guards up on the walls cheered and hooked appreciatively.

“He's here! Quick! To the chambers! I'll run down and see where that scallywag redhead is!” Ymir cheered excitedly from her perch beside me, slamming her binoculars down on the window sill with enough force that I feared it would break.

I leaped down from the window, glancing about the room in a panic and patting down my dark hair in the mirror, trying to ignore the red that was currently...