“I was so worried,” she told him, “when Heledd told us we hadn’t gotten all of them. I realized they must have come in through another way.”

“Lightnings like the sneak attack. Too bad for them, I love killing Lightnings, so it all worked in my favor.”

“Good job, Mountain,” Crystin praised. “Your father would be proud of you, too, I think.”

“And I thought you knew my father.”

Braith leaned her head back and looked up at Addolgar. “Wait, why do I need your hammer?”

“It’s your hammer now. At least until we have one made for you. And you’ll need it for when we go after your bastard father.”

Braith broke out in another smile that warmed Addolgar’s heart. She was whole now, wasn’t she? Truly whole.

Crystin stepped up to them, placed her claw on Braith’s shoulder. “We’ll clean up this gods-damn mess,