Northstar Vale Agóri

The space between them became quiet.

Arsenio stepped toward the boy and prodded at him with his wet nose. Antigone shoved him back, pushing his shoulder against the man’s chest until he was forced to step away. He could not smell blood on his child. He couldn’t see any rising bumps that may have been caused by sheer force.

Yet Antigone said that Reyson had hurt him. And the fatherly instinct that swirled inside the Arche was unspeakable. What if it had been Tamar? What if it had been one of his beautiful girls? Arsenio’s teeth clenched tight and panged in his jaw.

Where? he asked the boy gravely.