“I guess we’re stuck with each other then,” she said. “For the time being.” “There are worse fates,” I said. She rolled an eye at me. “Not many, but some.” A grin flickered across Elka’s face as Charon’s men barked at us to get moving. The slave chain hissed sullenly along the ground, but I realized that I really was grateful that the tall, fierce Varini girl was tethered to the other end.”
