Swiftcurrent Creek [m] I wouldn't front the scene if you paid me

Be careful, she had warned him, but never in his life had Akavir tried to handle another so delicately. It was with carefully gritted teeth he did so—not just because he couldn’t imagine imposing more pain on her, but with the instant regret and flood of anger at what this rogue wold had done to her—

—he should have killed the man when he had the chance… Instead, he had chosen leniency.