She picked up a goblet of wine and sipped.
Then she caught her breath again and resumed speaking.
"He sent a desert assassin after me."
"The one who attacked Xaden?" Erik asked.
"No. That was someone else. I have no idea who sent that woman. But my father sent the male desert assassin. The assassin came straight to demand why I had not been sending word to my father through our lines. But I am unshifted and hence I can not send word to him. So he came back a day later and gave me a message owl. The one you saw. He instructed that I send feedback on what was going on in the pack or I will be killed."
"He would have not done anything." Erik said.
"But did I know?" She asked honestly. "I had such low self esteem and I did not belive in myself. And I was badly craving my father's love. He said he was going to finally take me as his daughter and I will no longer be a bastard if I did as he asked. I was torn between being afraid of him and needing to
Please him."
