A Rose Of Blood And Binding – Claire Legrand (1)

Maybe, I thought, this would be the end of it—a few aborted kisses that I wouldn’t have allowed had I been in my right mind, and nothing more. I walked with clenched fists and forced myself to think of Crellin’s broken body. Ordinarily, when I recalled my long-ago lover, I preferred to think of her alive and whole. But maybe if I meditated fiercely enough on the memory of her shattered skull, and how the other Roses had to forcibly drag me away from her corpse—maybe if I imagined Gareth’s body in place of hers—that would renew my resolve.

That is what happens when a Rose decides to love. I must have said it to myself a hundred times. Walk away before it’s too late. The quiet told me it was the middle of the night. Rosewarren’s carpeted corridors were quiet; the polished wood-paneled walls gleamed softly in the dim lamplight.

Everyone except the night patrol was asleep, and no one bothered me until I reached the barracks, where Danesh sat on a root of the enormous Heart Tree that grew in our common area and supported the roof with its branches. She was reading a book and chewing on the end of her braid. I hadn’t seen her do that in years, not since we were children.

I strode past her, hoping my stony silence would deter her, but I should have known better. She jumped up and hurried after me, letting her book fall to the floor. “Where have you been?” she asked. “Out.” “Fenwood?” Why not? “Yes.” “An interesting choice, to take someone to bed right after…” She trailed off. Posey. Right after you killed Posey. “Everyone grieves in their own way,” I said flatly.

“It must have been a rough one. You look like shit. Did you have sex in a pigsty or something?” I stopped short and kept my gaze straight ahead. Maybe if I didn’t look at her, she would go away. “What do you want, Danesh?” “I just…” She hesitated, then blew out a sharp breath and came around to face me. “Mara, I’m so sorry.”

I wasn’t sure I’d ever heard Danesh sound genuinely sad about anything. I was surprised enough that I finally looked right at her. “Sorry for what?” “I was the one who gave the report to the Warden. I didn’t know how to stall her. She was adamant. She wanted every detail. I think she nearly lost her mind when she saw you in Gothyn. You looked half dead. She might have thought you actually were dead.

And once she heard my report, that was all the justification she needed to target Posey.”

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