Continously good. I like these children-characters, and the revelation about Rune was nicely done. Your dialogue has a balance of royalty and childishness like these people should have. I am still confused about what all their roles are, why Scipio and Rune are in these straits they want to escape so badly from, and why a 'shadow' is used; it's like a whipping boy but doesn't actually do anything? Does he take the IGNORANCE from the prince? That's fascinating.

Continuously intriguing. Poor Scipio, I guess his plan didn't work...your prose is still ok and I like the uniqueness of how all these people are coming together. I await explantion of Zephyr...

Nice. The descriptions of the place, wherever they are, is nicely detailed with the hanging things and unspoken people, and the emotion/event without explanation draws me in. I am rather fond of the wolf too, and the detil in that it is attendant to the blood. That bond is rather typical, though not with such likeable children doing it. The names are good--