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confidence to help her in her goal.”
    “What about the time my father died and she—”
    “Her.” Aighta held a hand up. “I don’t know what she said or did then, but it was Brie. By then I wished her love and luck and she was married to you a month later.”
    “But she never taught me to fly.”
    She went solemn. “Apparently not.”
    “What does that mean?”
    “You would know if you experienced it.”
    I thought about that. “Can I make Brie fly?”
    “You did years ago.” Aighta gave me a sad smile. “I don’t know about now.”
    That made me both happy and sad. Happy that I’d done something that seemed to be a good thing, and sad that I hadn’t been doing it any longer.
    “Flying is a good thing, right?”
    Aighta laughed. “Yes, Aiden, yes.”
    It felt good for her to say my birth name. But I didn’t delude myself into believing we would be friends again. “Aighta, why…” I narrowed my eyes.
    She finished my thought. “Why am I helping you? Why am I being agreeable?”
    I gave a half-smile and nodded.
    “My husband was a good man, but I have to think about my daughter now. Tell me, fighting you, would it be prudent? Or would mine and my people’s suffering end once the treaty was signed?”
    “Ever-gracious Aighta. ” I smirked. “How is it that you stand strong even alone?” Aighta would see the underlying question… is there penance for what I’ve done to you?
    “Aiden, I loved my husband, but he refused my coun sel on this matter and he paid the price for it. He was as stubborn and righteous as you.”
    We stayed silent in our own thoughts for a while, until I had inspiration. “Aighta?”
    “Hmmm?”
    “Do you think you could teach me what you taught Brie?”
    Aighta gave me a wicked smile. “I might have to if you’re to survive, I think.”
    I raised an eyebrow. “Just don’t poison me yet.”
    The humor in her smile faded. “I might have to prevent your wife from doing that.”
    I laughed and then thought about it. Hell’s breath, had we come to that? There were ways to find out. “So, when do we start?”

5 - Alexia
    “Nice family you have.” I sneered at Darrin.
    That display of King and Queen Goththor shocked me. The violence in that family made chills run down my spine. Darrin kept walking straight ahead , pretending he didn’t hear me, but I could see his eye twitch. “Is that the kind of excitement I can look forward to?” I bubbled with glee at his pain. Anything that made him miserable would be a boon.
    “They weren’t always like that,” Darrin murmured.
    “Well, if you’re wondering, I’m not going to care if you’re an adulterer; you can do whatever it is you want elsewhere.”
    Darrin pulled me to a stop and the guards around us clattered to a halt. “First, I was not raised that way. Second, I’m not my father. Third, I’d rather work this out. Do you really want to be like them?”
    I yanked my arm out from his grasp. “I don’t care how you were raised, I don’t care who you are, and we’re not going to be like them because I don’t plan on speaking to you much.”
    “So you want no say in the treatment of your people?”
    That caused me to pause. “I didn’t say that.”
    “Then we’re going to have to work together.”
    “Never.”
    Darrin stared at me with pity in those soft brown eyes. “I comprehend. I really do. You need more time.” He started walking and the guards followed, pushing me along.
    “You think time is going to change you from being a murdering son of a faithless, callous father?”
    “Such a beautiful lady debasing herself in the lowest form of witlessness. What would your mother think?”
    I fumed but kept my mouth closed. I noticed servants working with brisk efficiency. Emvery passed by. I caught her eye and she nodded with a jerk of her head. Good, she’d gotten my message to Nanna. If my plans didn’t work, I’d have another way to get rid of Darrin.
    “Alexia…” Prince Goththor