Chapter 453

• "I... didn't expect the hunt to go that way," Mia said. "I thought, I mean... I guess I didn't think."
• Up on the raised side of her bedroom, with the big table and chairs, she sat on the huge table, legs dangling, uneaten heart sitting beside her. Adron sat in one of the bone chairs. Hannah stood by the closed window, and peeked through its teeth out at the fire sky. Kas sat in his usual semi-crouched position, this time on the ramp near the table. Even without eyes, it was easy to see he was angry about something.
• The uneasy silence returned. She hated those. Time to fix it.