Chapter 54

Brielle didn't pay attention to any of them. Her hands were caked with dirt, her brows dripping with sweat from the heavy work. "Let me at them," Talin said. Only then did Brielle stop what she was doing.

Looking over her shoulders, she saw with a painful twist of her stomach that her defender was attempting to climb over Xander and Ayah so she could be the first to go against their attackers. Brielle met Xander's gaze. There was desperation in hers while there was half amusement...