I followed them feeling dejected. The plans I had in my mind had been messed up by Damien. As we walked home I didn't want to think about the fact that I had saved someone I regarded as my enemy instead of my mother who was the core reason I organized an army in the first place.

When we got to Stormclaw, I was tired and frustrated and Diane could see that by the look on my face.

“What happened?” She ran to me when she saw the strange man that was brought with us. She expected us to come home with a woman who would be introduced as the...