Chloe’s pov
"He'll execute them both. Mark my words."
I heard them whispering below, I turned my attention to the two guards leaning against the stable wall with their heads bent together, unaware or unbothered that I could hear every word of it. The whole territory had felt different since the court hearing, tension threading through every conversation I passed in the halls.
"The old man, maybe. But the girl?" The second guard shook his head. "Even Nash has limits."
"Nash doesn't have limits when it comes to threats against this house. You weren't there for the last execution. I was. He doesn't do anything halfway."
I stepped back from the window before they could catch me listening, my stomach twisting into a knot that hadn't loosened since the court hearing two days ago. I'd been t
