Chapter 12
He slept soundly. No one wanted to81Please respect copyright.PENANAzkrUi70oNx
wake him so the visit by Mari Drayson went off without him. He didn’t awaken81Please respect copyright.PENANA1OQ0djRIJQ
until night had fallen and Shea busted into the King’s study to jump on him81Please respect copyright.PENANAKvxObbYKhJ
then proceeded to like his face until his face scrunched up and he pushed her81Please respect copyright.PENANA5yolQSoYwe
aside.
“Shea, sto-” she interrupted him81Please respect copyright.PENANAUOKOBlujcm
by licking his mouth. He shot up to start gagging pushing the she-wolf off his81Please respect copyright.PENANAdkg1o6AD2b
body. “I’ve told you to stop doing that.” He grumbled.
”And I told you to stop getting81Please respect copyright.PENANAIQsli6vnO3
into fights when I’m not around, and here we are.” She growled into his81Please respect copyright.PENANADv8lPWjmEy
mind. “Imagine my annoyance when I got woken up by some Blades when they81Please respect copyright.PENANAjRIeauqT4s
came to remove your stuff from the room and escorted me to the castle saying81Please respect copyright.PENANArVl9ZYuFNQ
you had been attacked. Imagine my anger when they wouldn’t let me check up on81Please respect copyright.PENANAduAHUqqser
you until now.”
“Did you leave anyone alive?” she81Please respect copyright.PENANA34OQ9lcBIU
barked her laughter but nodded her head.
“It was difficult, but your81Please respect copyright.PENANAujj57EIC8C
grandfather swore to me you were sleeping and needed your rest.” She bumped81Please respect copyright.PENANArET4jFBVyA
her head against his chest. He placed his head in her fur then inhaled her81Please respect copyright.PENANAYG1uYNQy1y
scent. He felt the stress and anxiety he had been feeling just melt away.
“I’m sorry for worrying you.” she81Please respect copyright.PENANAttfCbLdKhj
licked the side of his face accepting the apology. There was a slight knock on81Please respect copyright.PENANA6zUbR1jrG8
the door and Alexander poked his head in.
“I heard voices.” He said. “Are81Please respect copyright.PENANAe168osfa8q
you finally awake, Vander?”
“Yep.” He slid his foot off the81Please respect copyright.PENANAmjvAvM2qrF
couch. Looking up at Alex he saw that his friend had worry lines etched onto81Please respect copyright.PENANAA1IBk8RzMg
his head while his face was filled with worry. “How long have you been standing81Please respect copyright.PENANAk7lfCfnqYK
there?”
“Once the others told me what had81Please respect copyright.PENANAVVhzVkW9kh
happened.” He explained. “I was about to kill you when you didn’t show to the81Please respect copyright.PENANADmNH560B4I
training, but when that Jilena boy told me I dropped everything to come here.81Please respect copyright.PENANABABJDWdDrc
The King told me not to disturb you, so I sat at that door making sure you81Please respect copyright.PENANAlYJXQUziaR
rested.”
“You got anything to eat?” Alex81Please respect copyright.PENANAyEgqIOyJ9O
grinned. He disappeared for a second then came back with a tray of steaming hot81Please respect copyright.PENANAEizZNJO72y
food.
“Once I saw Shea, I knew it was81Please respect copyright.PENANAVA4aRX2pfe
only a matter of time before you awoke so I had the kitchen prepare some stew81Please respect copyright.PENANA2GX7j2aVKO
and bread.” He said. “I had them make a bowl for her as well.”
“Thanks.” Shea was81Please respect copyright.PENANARBjtIYjgeO
practically salivating on the carpet. Bernard wasn’t ready for what was about81Please respect copyright.PENANApHwlKgHExQ
to happen. The two of them tore into the food like a couple of beasts. Sauce81Please respect copyright.PENANA5QNOTj7TCa
and chunks of bread flew everywhere. Alex wisely took a step back shaking his81Please respect copyright.PENANA4r5G958teo
head in disgust.
“Animals.” He muttered under his81Please respect copyright.PENANA5tNl9g3PAN
breath. They were done after a few minutes leaving the table a disaster. Vander81Please respect copyright.PENANA26eo3Xj1wy
leaned back on the couch then stifled a belch. Shea stuck her head into his81Please respect copyright.PENANAPDF4YEAHSb
bowl to lick out the remaining sauce. “Once you’re finished your grandfather81Please respect copyright.PENANAs7OSVm9sQi
wanted me to bring you to him.”
“Did he say what it was about?”81Please respect copyright.PENANAzUAqT1z3TG
Vander asked. Alex shook his head. Rolling his eyes he got up from the couch,81Please respect copyright.PENANASOWHHJSCpF
wobbled for a second, but remained steady. “Let’s go then.”
The castle was on high alert.81Please respect copyright.PENANAjgJyauXNID
There were more guards here than normal, most of them were regular soldiers,81Please respect copyright.PENANAMSMUAmG4ln
stationed along the halls. Whenever the Wardens showed up everyone was on81Please respect copyright.PENANAgev1caSA77
alert. The safety of the entire country rested on their heads, so the King81Please respect copyright.PENANA0PTDBNAKFp
always took extra precautions to make sure they were safe.
Alex stood at the door to the81Please respect copyright.PENANAmdQG0gUa8D
Commander’s office while Vander headed inside. Charles was pouring over more81Please respect copyright.PENANAu6QcupA6FC
paperwork at his desk by lamplight. He looked so old sitting there even though81Please respect copyright.PENANA19W27fReZ7
he was in his middle years. Just went to show the toll being Commander took.81Please respect copyright.PENANAfUDGSWvgwR
Shea jumped up onto the couch then placed her head on her paw. It took a couple81Please respect copyright.PENANADuKb26Q8uN
of seconds for him to put down his quill and to look up at him.
“I heard you were ambushed on the81Please respect copyright.PENANAZuLVwN1kEs
street today.” The old man’s voice hitched. “Are you doing okay?”
“Fine, gramps.” Vander nodded.81Please respect copyright.PENANAGqFtBU6vX6
“What about the man I captured?”
“In the dungeon waiting for his81Please respect copyright.PENANA7PYknw7IhS
questioning.” He said. “I assume you want to do the honors?”
“It would be my pleasure.” Vander81Please respect copyright.PENANAO3if3FG0am
grinned. “But we need to have a talk about something.” He sat down in the chair81Please respect copyright.PENANA6Fy79h5fqz
across from his grandfather. “We need to promote the recruits to trainees and81Please respect copyright.PENANARVS0gYsOmN
allow them to help us around the castle. If today taught me anything we need81Please respect copyright.PENANAuRPKFOpDIn
more soldiers on the streets protecting the people than we need them in here.”
“It’s not time for them yet.”81Please respect copyright.PENANApoGSHRO8PG
Charles shook his head. “They aren’t ready.”
“We don’t have the manpower,”81Please respect copyright.PENANAiOHcogt2Cz
Vander argued. “Even when all the Blades come back with the wardens, there81Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6vNuYKwOa
still isn’t enough. Those five can really help us out.”
“Doesn’t matter if we need the81Please respect copyright.PENANAw1BZm87wYZ
help.” The old man growled. “We have standards we must adhere to. There can be81Please respect copyright.PENANAcyVy6cf5XM
no exceptions.”
“Gramps since I’ve returned a81Please respect copyright.PENANA1xPu3hXC5U
couple weeks ago, I’ve almost died twice.” Vander said. “If we had more81Please respect copyright.PENANAJYdL45E1hz
competent guards this might not have happened. If you’re that worried about it81Please respect copyright.PENANAh5c5TiEkrj
I will keep training them until their time is up and stick them by the entrances.81Please respect copyright.PENANAw6yYnb1IRh
An important position, but it wouldn’t put them in harms way.”
“I’ll have to think about it.”81Please respect copyright.PENANAi1Mp9fSoxz
Charles sighed. “But your idea does have merit to it.”
“Thank you,” Vander sighed. “I met81Please respect copyright.PENANA78qPAt7Gfe
with Ross last night for information on who poisoned Malcolm and he gave me a81Please respect copyright.PENANAEBco0edKq7
name.”
“Yea?” Charles looked up81Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0qa4LjjDa
interested. “What was it?”
“Green Serpents.” Charles’ face81Please respect copyright.PENANAJGShWglzWW
fell. He scrunched his fist on the desk then slammed his fist down on top.81Please respect copyright.PENANAYLg787ML1W
“That bastard.”
“Is there something I should know81Please respect copyright.PENANAioSTSCJeBI
about?” Vander frowned. “I’ve never heard of them before, but based on your81Please respect copyright.PENANABDCjtJsebr
reaction and the King’s, it’s something big.”
“Malcolm has his reasons for not81Please respect copyright.PENANA5mCnuhmG2Q
telling you, but since you were nearly killed, I suppose to have the right to81Please respect copyright.PENANAm5WJ1ywPyi
know.” Charles leaned back in his chair. “The Green Serpents are a mercenary81Please respect copyright.PENANAR3rliYPpSn
band that goes to the highest bidder. However, it wasn’t always that way. The81Please respect copyright.PENANAPy9WVC96gI
leader, Jogun Batiste, the King and I used to be close during the wars twenty81Please respect copyright.PENANAPkUSgbrIgv
years ago.”
“What changed?” Vander folded his81Please respect copyright.PENANA4GjRkLRxl4
arms over his chest. If they were now taking contracts on the King himself,81Please respect copyright.PENANAOOOkcMU0hP
something bad must have happened.
“We found out what he did to81Please respect copyright.PENANAdDMgJNgKTp
prisoners, especially the children.” Charles’ back sagged. “He would have them81Please respect copyright.PENANA8txfh2lpmU
fight each other to the death then, if they survived, they were tortured and81Please respect copyright.PENANAGJwYWWAHA2
corrupted into joining them. Some he sent to his loyal soldiers to be81Please respect copyright.PENANA5bytfOYgay
brutalized.”
“Sounds like a real charmer.”81Please respect copyright.PENANAvTpkX1saXc
Vander said dryly.
“We suspended all contracts with81Please respect copyright.PENANATAWaavTQ0V
them and threw them out of the city.” Charles sighed. “I wanted more drastic81Please respect copyright.PENANAf8ogBgrvcZ
measures to be taken, but I was overruled. The council thought it would be81Please respect copyright.PENANAzyDRNxUqwB
better to part ways amicably instead of killing or imprisoning those involved.”
“And now they are back trying to81Please respect copyright.PENANAImRroSQ6aj
get revenge?” Vander shook his head. “Something is adding up. They are going81Please respect copyright.PENANA6qmPIHcqkm
through a lot of trouble for revenge. I think there might be more to this,81Please respect copyright.PENANACWPb9qQuxv
especially since I had nothing to do with twenty years ago.”
“And it would make sense to go81Please respect copyright.PENANAYHYpkM3EIR
after me, someone who was involved, and protects Malcolm.” Charles turned81Please respect copyright.PENANA1QtFEMpJUp
around and walked back to the desk. “Why are you being targeted? Any ideas?”
“A couple.” Vander hesitated. “My81Please respect copyright.PENANAlxLJMyWs6P
first thought was that it was because I got involved with Nigel, but I don’t81Please respect copyright.PENANAD7xmWvr09G
think that’s the reason.”
“Vander.” Charles said carefully.81Please respect copyright.PENANAucFZRm43cT
“What’s going on?” Vander took a deep sigh then told his grandfather about the81Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5HBFSQVPO
dreams he had been having.
It started with Veyar the day81Please respect copyright.PENANAWo6k076X3D
before he left for the city along with her warning to keep his identity hidden.81Please respect copyright.PENANAip2R9l4Nqu
He left out the part of her being trapped in the stormy vortex, he didn’t want81Please respect copyright.PENANAI09QsdK13j
to give the impression that the Deities were fighting each other, not that81Please respect copyright.PENANAPJQm5GrRkA
anyone would believe him. Then he told him about the dream with Unna about81Please respect copyright.PENANAI5JEVtqU1O
fulfilling his role. Lastly he told him about his most recent dream about81Please respect copyright.PENANApbCkvzcx81
Imitae being chained up to a wall and reiterating the same thing his wife had81Please respect copyright.PENANA0hpa14oO0X
told him.
“So, you think they went after you81Please respect copyright.PENANASPaT4bLgSH
because they know you are the Ma’akti Unnatun?” Charles asked. “How could they81Please respect copyright.PENANABYVG3FF6Hh
know? Not many people do, even less could figure it out.”
“Gramps I communicate with a81Please respect copyright.PENANAc0iUvWe6aH
Shadow Beast,” Vander laughed. “She might look like a wolf, but either way it’s81Please respect copyright.PENANAqNcX6bYdX6
not a common occurrence to walk around with her. It might be nothing, but all81Please respect copyright.PENANA8XtDqqkTJX
of these dreams these murder attempts, something is going down.”
“I already moved your stuff here81Please respect copyright.PENANAwMfCoeRAXW
to your old room.” Charles said. “I will have guards on you at all times to81Please respect copyright.PENANA6rW1afxtpg
make sure you stay safe.”
“I don’t need a babysitter,81Please respect copyright.PENANA2nsNzQvYuP
gramps.” Vander sighed. “Put the guards you were going to put on me and put81Please respect copyright.PENANAB93yJWSaNu
them on the King or Warden Drayson. I don’t need protection.”
“Then I will put Alex on it, he81Please respect copyright.PENANAbjTMHJu7xC
seems to be the only one who can wrangle you.” Charles sat back down. “What81Please respect copyright.PENANAGLhDixbIAO
else did Ross tell you?” Vander looked at him confused. “I’ve known you since81Please respect copyright.PENANAm76mU4XUYT
you were a boy, Vander. You think I couldn’t tell you were hiding something81Please respect copyright.PENANAwxZElPOVDw
from me?” Vander sighed deeply.
“He told me that he could find the81Please respect copyright.PENANAZmz5nKhpBi
Serpents for us, the problem is I would have to fight for him.” Vander81Please respect copyright.PENANANsNWWRaHyG
explained. “In the pits.” Charles lowered his head and sighed.
“Do you think he has a way to get81Please respect copyright.PENANAGote6nyuwM
that information?”
“Yes,” Vander nodded. “But that’s81Please respect copyright.PENANAg9ZBdZ0qMu
not a place I want to fight in. We can handle the information gathering81Please respect copyright.PENANAJvkrkmDuv3
ourselves. I’m certain of it.”
“With our resources stretched thin81Please respect copyright.PENANAU4RM06KC6Z
I doubt we will have the time, but now that we know who they are, we should81Please respect copyright.PENANA1LM8SlTtPo
have better luck finding them.” Charles said. He opened his mouth, but there81Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2hyDmxds3
was a knock at the door. “Come in!”
Alex poked his head inside.81Please respect copyright.PENANAxJv3yAv4dL
“Commander, Vander, Anna Drayson is here to talk to you.”
“Send her in.” Charles and Vander81Please respect copyright.PENANApE2b1uSyqh
got up from their seats to greet the young woman and heir to the Eastern81Please respect copyright.PENANAtlKGbb2pmW
Warden.
Anna Drayson was only a couple81Please respect copyright.PENANAmhluImhwDo
years younger than Vander, but an accomplished soldier. She wore the native81Please respect copyright.PENANAlM6qIbuFdU
uniform in an ocean climate: a leather cuirass, a short skirt, leather shin81Please respect copyright.PENANAnx6lzyHn8q
guards, boots, and arm guards. Strapped to their waist they usually held a81Please respect copyright.PENANAa5nfcxXbkP
short sword, but for now it was empty. They wore helmets with a blue stripe on81Please respect copyright.PENANARPOgiFE1Xs
top to show their devotion to the sea. However, this was only their ceremonial81Please respect copyright.PENANAShYvhyo7In
uniform, in actual battle they wore iron for better protection.
“Sorry for the intrusion.” Her81Please respect copyright.PENANAvNmKwMEoVG
voice was melodic. She removed her helmet and a cascade of silver blonde hair81Please respect copyright.PENANAbOY3rSEysg
fell past her shoulders. Her brown eyes held onto Vander’s for a moment before81Please respect copyright.PENANAiZWHD3xr04
flickering to his grandfather. “I hope I’m not interrupting.”
“No Anna, we were just finishing81Please respect copyright.PENANAGpq23WmTry
up.” Charles leaned back in his chair. “What can I do for you?”
“My grandmother requested Captain81Please respect copyright.PENANAUwMvjQt8Iz
Vander’s presence and asked that I escort him to her.” Vander and Charles81Please respect copyright.PENANAf5Ig0ZPq6r
exchanged glances.
“I haven’t talked to her since I81Please respect copyright.PENANAm9JwBfkvN0
was a small child.” Vander frowned. “What could she want to talk to me about?”81Please respect copyright.PENANAjdEpTXW48k
Anna just shrugged her shoulders. Sighing he got up from the chair. “Seems I’ve81Please respect copyright.PENANAqavxm57caF
been doing more talking than just about anything else recently.”
“We can change that if you want.”81Please respect copyright.PENANAUKsFdwVoIK
Anna grinned. “I’ve been wanting to fight you for years, wolfling.”
“I told you to stop calling me81Please respect copyright.PENANA3GZi9CFcyC
that.” Vander snapped. He wrapped his elbow around her neck, forcing her to81Please respect copyright.PENANA4x5ydSoopR
bend, then rubbed his knuckles through her hair.
“Ow, ow, ow.” She rammed her elbow81Please respect copyright.PENANAn7p1mVchn4
into her stomach causing him to bend over. They broke apart and squared up,81Please respect copyright.PENANAZdPpVX98bs
fists raised in front of them.
“Not in the office, Vander.”81Please respect copyright.PENANAVGwcpfXFPk
Charles snarled. “Get going the two of you, before you break something.”
“Yes sir.” Anna bowed. Vander81Please respect copyright.PENANAuolp60dmMh
whistled causing Shea to wake up rather abruptly. She growled her annoyance,81Please respect copyright.PENANAJcV2KJMtvi
but upon seeing Anna she jumped down off the couch and ran over to her. “Hello,81Please respect copyright.PENANAZBn9rBH36r
Shea.” She cooed. “How are you?” She responded by jumping up and licking her81Please respect copyright.PENANAfi2Cm3sfaJ
face.
“Come on you two.” Vander said.81Please respect copyright.PENANATZ4TJzelhd
“You can get reacquainted on the way. Let’s go.”
Anna chatted with Shea while she81Please respect copyright.PENANA58yhkISxZx
led the way towards Drayson’s accommodations. Since she lived in a villa on the81Please respect copyright.PENANA0ssgKLcgxp
ocean, the apartment she stayed in was on the eastern most side and higher up81Please respect copyright.PENANA1m7445M4rp
than the others. They enjoyed the cool over there and that tower was the81Please respect copyright.PENANALga4EEfVzJ
coolest area in the entire castle. Which, of course, meant climbing up hundreds81Please respect copyright.PENANAtlwVG9NZev
of stairs.
The stairs were guarded by two81Please respect copyright.PENANAS7kVr6B2Yu
Blades and two of Drayson’s own guards. They nodded their heads in difference81Please respect copyright.PENANAMMu1w5Km3Q
to the heir, but blocked Vander from going farther. The two blades went to step81Please respect copyright.PENANAMCqcglWLVB
up, but Vander waved them back. He unclipped his sword and held it out to the81Please respect copyright.PENANAFUknoz35mF
guards. They took it then stepped back ushering them to the stairs. As Anna81Please respect copyright.PENANAAczI8FzQV4
walked past, the Blades returned her sword to her. With Anna leading, they81Please respect copyright.PENANAYCn0MAzYFl
walked their way up the stairs.
He was out of breath by the time81Please respect copyright.PENANAOTzU6eV2mA
they reached the top, but for Anna this seemed to be a light workout. Shea also81Please respect copyright.PENANADLLpADcXIY
seemed to be enjoying herself because she tossed a lop-sided grin back towards81Please respect copyright.PENANAthP5zbNBXJ
Vander. He made a mental note to withhold steak from her for the next week.
The apartment they were in could81Please respect copyright.PENANAxadtqndfjl
have doubled as a massive house in the first ring. There were four massive81Please respect copyright.PENANAYGpmiehwQx
suits, three bathrooms and plenty of walking-around space. The servants did a81Please respect copyright.PENANAKhi4yfHPPI
good job decorating as the entire room was painted blue. The reflections from81Please respect copyright.PENANANoRYo9TJK5
the paint gave the room a blueish hue, it felt as though he was underwater.81Please respect copyright.PENANAYl1s5J55jz
Sitting in the middle of the floor, on top of some blue pillows, sat an older81Please respect copyright.PENANA7uWw6jIdmR
woman wearing a long blue robe. There was a long pipe in her long slender81Please respect copyright.PENANAkOBQhsZEC2
fingers. Her blue-green eyes looked up as they entered, a slight smile81Please respect copyright.PENANA4F9BRjCLI7
flickered on her face.
“Grandmother.” Anna got down on81Please respect copyright.PENANAuowve5WwbD
one knee and bowed her head respectfully. Shea trotted over to the older lady81Please respect copyright.PENANA1k9bW9qIhP
then plopped her head down in her lap.
“Remove your boots Vander, then81Please respect copyright.PENANAIivvoP9PIP
come sit.” Mari said, her voice only slightly louder than a whisper. “Anna, you81Please respect copyright.PENANAxdPPRMXEgn
may join us if you wish.”
“I think I should wash up from my81Please respect copyright.PENANAoHt1kRbEBE
trip.” Anna got up from the floor. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had a81Please respect copyright.PENANArYRbTErEOg
proper bath and I feel as though the entire city could smell me.”
“I didn’t want to say anything81Please respect copyright.PENANAP8MGgawzlt
before because I didn’t want to draw attention to it, but-” a wet shoe slapped81Please respect copyright.PENANA1D91gKJ5RG
him in the face. He gagged from the smell, but before he could throw it back he81Please respect copyright.PENANABS3N8mzFPY
heard a door slam shut.
“You shouldn’t treat her like81Please respect copyright.PENANAu65GK1UObI
that.” Mari said sternly with a hint of amusement in her voice. “She still has81Please respect copyright.PENANAH28iZdEJ2o
a thing for you even after all these years.”
“It wouldn’t work between us,”81Please respect copyright.PENANAx0Ott3atgS
Vander sighed. “She knows that, and I know that. She can’t leave your villa81Please respect copyright.PENANARO9z3ZchT0
like I can’t leave the city. We are just from different worlds.”
“Is that what kept you and Bree81Please respect copyright.PENANAVE0gvh8NNJ
Valarian from getting farther?” Vander tried to contain his anger with the way81Please respect copyright.PENANAvkzz17DsIF
this conversation was going.
“I don’t want to talk about her.”81Please respect copyright.PENANATXL5CP0q6Z
He growled. She blew a puff of smoke at him causing him to cough.
“You’ve been through a lot since81Please respect copyright.PENANAWY1qyel6lc
I’ve last seen you.” she said. “You’ve aged. It’s in your eyes.”
“It’s been a rough couple week.”81Please respect copyright.PENANAlFQS90c2dC
Vander leaned backwards to stare up at the ceiling. “Been attacked a couple of81Please respect copyright.PENANAzxPxoiCKSG
times, got some not so veiled threats, and have been poisoned. Things aren’t81Please respect copyright.PENANACnd3joOva9
looking well.”
“You need to take some time to81Please respect copyright.PENANAtz2pZYWsWS
relax Vander.” Mari blew out some more smoke. “Things are only going to get81Please respect copyright.PENANAnG1RMOBBB3
more difficult for you.” Drayson inhaled more smoke, but she held on to it81Please respect copyright.PENANAnu7VgdkvOr
longer than she should have. She looked up at Vander, but her eyes were deep81Please respect copyright.PENANA7br5mgXTHE
black this time, all trace of Mari was gone.
“Veyar,” Vander sighed.
“Ma’akti Unnatun.”81Please respect copyright.PENANAFHBYbVxrGt
Mari’s voice turned deeper, but still slightly feminine. “How good to see81Please respect copyright.PENANAXzQolp2oH5
you again.”
“What is this about?” Vander81Please respect copyright.PENANA0ilU3dxDcC
frowned. “I got your message the first time, as well as your husbands. I don’t81Please respect copyright.PENANAXzNtzLhtPa
think there is anything else I need.”
“There is someone coming who is81Please respect copyright.PENANAesWmvIOopy
blessed with my daughter’s powers.” Veyar smiled. “She will be of great81Please respect copyright.PENANADGuWMzxiog
help to you in this fight. Treat her well. You have a long road ahead of you,81Please respect copyright.PENANAxS4JU3XXS7
hold on to your allies, they will be your best asset.”
“How will I know who my ally is?”81Please respect copyright.PENANA3zeqaMtK4M
he asked.
“You’ll know her when you see81Please respect copyright.PENANAfkjuYsbuTX
her.” Veyar said. “It will take some time for you to gain her trust, but81Please respect copyright.PENANAEfo0NETQeg
once you have it you will have an ally for life.”
“I don’t like people being played81Please respect copyright.PENANARKJZAJIkhq
into helping me, Veyar.” Vander said. “Either she will do it of her own will or81Please respect copyright.PENANAi3IyqR4XXy
not at all.”
“This has been written for a81Please respect copyright.PENANABCHJFWYa2o
long time Vander.” She said. “This was ordained long before my children81Please respect copyright.PENANAy5be9pXcEp
were born. This battle will shape the world for good, or worst. With that,81Please respect copyright.PENANApQAatcaKJN
Veyar’s eyes closed and a moment later Mari was awakened.
“How long?” Vander asked her.
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“Since I was a child.” Mari81Please respect copyright.PENANApVwrCp8VCD
smiled, but she looked tired. “Once I go it will pass down to Anna. Will you81Please respect copyright.PENANAYdOxxz3gje
help me to bed? I’m suddenly very tired.” Vander got up from the ground and81Please respect copyright.PENANADzAKQShSog
picked the older woman up in his arms. She pointed to her room and he carried81Please respect copyright.PENANAdiNtEtlntj
her to her bed.