My head ached. I pinched the bridge of my nose. “I’m not questioning you either.”
“That’s what it looks like,” Valentina said from the doorway. Two against one. Fantastic.
“If you have a healer here, like I think you do, then I want to ask him if he will help us. I know you will be on the front lines but he needs to be as well. Healers are rare. We don’t need them as much as the witches and humans do but they are valuable.”
Granny watched Valentina. “What if I told you the healer was the child?”
“I would tell you that I can smell your lies and whatever magic you have tried to use doesn’t work. You are bound to be honest by the Alpha decree that you signed inblood.”If she wanted to play this game, I would best her at it. I knew what the Alpha decree stated. I had read every single one as I had mourned my father. I wasn’t going to be surprised again.
“I’m the healer,” Carden said from the other side of the room. “I don’t want to fight in your war but I will heal your people if they need it. I know what they did to me and you cannot change my mind on this. I just want to live in peace.”
“You will not be able to do that until Damian is taken down.” How could I get him to understand?
“I will run away and hide if I have to. I will not fight in a war that isn’t mine.”
“Fine,” I shrugged. I couldn’t convince him and I wasn’t going to spend all day arguing about it. “But I will need you and if you help my people then we will make sure you are taken care of like Granny. You will always have a place with us.”
His eyes darted to Granny’s. She nodded her head. “You can trust him. He is good stock.”
Carden lifted his chin slightly. “Then I will help you.”
