Chapter 225

• Bella followed silently. Her grip was tight enough to make Anna wince but she didn’t mind one bit. The guards watched Lucas as he walked right out the door with the blood of their leader on his hands. They said nothing either. It didn’t seem like they knew what to do with themselves now that Ford was gone. She wondered if they would eventually find their way back to the palace to serve as they did before.
• The silence made her ears ring. They hadn’t really won, not when it ended like this. An invisible weight fell on his shoulders and she wished she could take that away from him. She could see it in every step he took as if it tried to weigh him down to the ground.
• The carriage ride back to the camp was dead silent. Only the sound of the wheels crunching against snow kept her thoughts at bay. Lucas stared out the window in his own world and Bella did the same. Enzo had ridden separately as well as the guards they brought with them.