CHAPTER THIRTY THREE

Good? Dragging his face from the stinging brine the word nearly burst his brain. He belonged to Snotra. So this wasn’t just bad. It was a nightmare. How could he be in this mess? Him, who had his hopes, his dreams, his guiding star in life. If only he’d stuck to them. Just . . . just been grateful when Snotra came back to him, instead of stupidly letting himself feel third best. He would do anything to drive away the knowledge that when it came to witches, this one had sailed right in and taken up residence in his heart. A lying, marriage-wrecking trollop he couldn’t care less about. And yet he did.