Jessica/Tessa’s pov;
That night, as everyone slept, I knew that I had to act quickly and that was exactly what I did.
I watched everyone sleep peacefully and stood up slowly, knowing that what the elders had in store for him was not good.
My hands trembled as I slipped out of the room, careful not to wake anyone or alert them to my plan.
I moved to the back room and began to dig deep, splinters biting into my skin. I didn’t stop until my fingers closed around cold metal.
His weapon.
Once, he had told me how special it was and told me that he couldn’t fight with anythihg else. My fingers traced the carving on it, it was written in a strange language and when I turned it around, I saw runes carved on it.
My heart slammed hard against my chest that I feared that the others would hear a
