My Lady Jane

The narration uses direct address to state that the rest of the story is a scary adventure that historians want hidden, as they don’t want all the work of rewriting the books.

In Gran’s care, Edward recovers fast. He practices fighting with Gracie and is amazed that she is better than him. She reveals that when she was seven, English soldiers burned her family in their cottage because they were Ethians. She managed to escape in fox form, and the Pack took her in. Their leader, Ben, educated her in survival skills, history, and philosophy. However a new leader, Archer, took over. He turned the Pack into a terrorizing force, rather than a shelter. Gracie left and they put a price on her head. She reveals she helped Edward because she liked his smile, and she gives him a wooden fox she carved. They nearly kiss, but Gran summons him for his medicine.

Bess masterminds their plans. She has raven Ethian spies in London, who reveal that Mary is beginning a persecution. She has been building up her own secret army, but it is not yet strong enough.