Isla's POV
Damien was still at the border.
Cassian had not let him in. He had also not sent him away, which Isla understood was its own kind of message, the kind that said I am deciding whether you are more useful alive or afraid. Ezra had gone to handle it personally, which meant Damien was currently standing in the cold outside Shadowveil's walls being stared at by the Lycan King's right hand, and some small, ungenerous part of Isla found that deeply satisfying.
But Cassian had looked at her before Ezra left and said, quietly, that the decision about Damien was hers.
She had not given him an answer yet.
