Chapter 12
He slept soundly. No one wanted to80Please respect copyright.PENANAD4G4Vi6c6b
wake him so the visit by Mari Drayson went off without him. He didn’t awaken80Please respect copyright.PENANA5vbH80dZoi
until night had fallen and Shea busted into the King’s study to jump on him80Please respect copyright.PENANAjw7fEn7ul6
then proceeded to like his face until his face scrunched up and he pushed her80Please respect copyright.PENANAdmeg8TqJK1
aside.
“Shea, sto-” she interrupted him80Please respect copyright.PENANAqNvKB56L8t
by licking his mouth. He shot up to start gagging pushing the she-wolf off his80Please respect copyright.PENANA7R0SLNSsWH
body. “I’ve told you to stop doing that.” He grumbled.
”And I told you to stop getting80Please respect copyright.PENANAtJtqwnydRF
into fights when I’m not around, and here we are.” She growled into his80Please respect copyright.PENANAgTUDLB2snS
mind. “Imagine my annoyance when I got woken up by some Blades when they80Please respect copyright.PENANAj0Uir43OnU
came to remove your stuff from the room and escorted me to the castle saying80Please respect copyright.PENANA5F7YABwy0p
you had been attacked. Imagine my anger when they wouldn’t let me check up on80Please respect copyright.PENANAdCToWUigvA
you until now.”
“Did you leave anyone alive?” she80Please respect copyright.PENANALAPVzQA5aU
barked her laughter but nodded her head.
“It was difficult, but your80Please respect copyright.PENANAkw8yZ0P2Ar
grandfather swore to me you were sleeping and needed your rest.” She bumped80Please respect copyright.PENANAD15diP4sYf
her head against his chest. He placed his head in her fur then inhaled her80Please respect copyright.PENANA6oTrWqxbne
scent. He felt the stress and anxiety he had been feeling just melt away.
“I’m sorry for worrying you.” she80Please respect copyright.PENANAij1gDqgVR1
licked the side of his face accepting the apology. There was a slight knock on80Please respect copyright.PENANA2b1XhfnvZd
the door and Alexander poked his head in.
“I heard voices.” He said. “Are80Please respect copyright.PENANAJNalaFmlmI
you finally awake, Vander?”
“Yep.” He slid his foot off the80Please respect copyright.PENANAHzhRdyzmzb
couch. Looking up at Alex he saw that his friend had worry lines etched onto80Please respect copyright.PENANAoC3BWpYIXs
his head while his face was filled with worry. “How long have you been standing80Please respect copyright.PENANARVEtbMY1I8
there?”
“Once the others told me what had80Please respect copyright.PENANAuPGevfF0Cr
happened.” He explained. “I was about to kill you when you didn’t show to the80Please respect copyright.PENANAvJv1TU4j7P
training, but when that Jilena boy told me I dropped everything to come here.80Please respect copyright.PENANAv7UsnPXFIZ
The King told me not to disturb you, so I sat at that door making sure you80Please respect copyright.PENANAp8ElAwoOzn
rested.”
“You got anything to eat?” Alex80Please respect copyright.PENANAvFBoOjeQEG
grinned. He disappeared for a second then came back with a tray of steaming hot80Please respect copyright.PENANA6r0BsyttvK
food.
“Once I saw Shea, I knew it was80Please respect copyright.PENANAJNIgkVr5WA
only a matter of time before you awoke so I had the kitchen prepare some stew80Please respect copyright.PENANADh5Qg9tehf
and bread.” He said. “I had them make a bowl for her as well.”
“Thanks.” Shea was80Please respect copyright.PENANAle1N0tNDMa
practically salivating on the carpet. Bernard wasn’t ready for what was about80Please respect copyright.PENANA7E4QqqMs9w
to happen. The two of them tore into the food like a couple of beasts. Sauce80Please respect copyright.PENANAqE74JRA14D
and chunks of bread flew everywhere. Alex wisely took a step back shaking his80Please respect copyright.PENANA6tj7rNPuou
head in disgust.
“Animals.” He muttered under his80Please respect copyright.PENANAigIpfF3Ju0
breath. They were done after a few minutes leaving the table a disaster. Vander80Please respect copyright.PENANAUXQtys2YmI
leaned back on the couch then stifled a belch. Shea stuck her head into his80Please respect copyright.PENANApkMttv4agr
bowl to lick out the remaining sauce. “Once you’re finished your grandfather80Please respect copyright.PENANA4C90Sm5h3U
wanted me to bring you to him.”
“Did he say what it was about?”80Please respect copyright.PENANA4RHDmEQlPq
Vander asked. Alex shook his head. Rolling his eyes he got up from the couch,80Please respect copyright.PENANAoNjmVNnzmV
wobbled for a second, but remained steady. “Let’s go then.”
The castle was on high alert.80Please respect copyright.PENANApYvVW0jLUj
There were more guards here than normal, most of them were regular soldiers,80Please respect copyright.PENANA7LcGt7M1v5
stationed along the halls. Whenever the Wardens showed up everyone was on80Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6kLZg6Fbj
alert. The safety of the entire country rested on their heads, so the King80Please respect copyright.PENANA8AaYsEpuwM
always took extra precautions to make sure they were safe.
Alex stood at the door to the80Please respect copyright.PENANAzG4BbH9QZW
Commander’s office while Vander headed inside. Charles was pouring over more80Please respect copyright.PENANALYZztWGs58
paperwork at his desk by lamplight. He looked so old sitting there even though80Please respect copyright.PENANAygEAguYvlR
he was in his middle years. Just went to show the toll being Commander took.80Please respect copyright.PENANAXwucKX66DK
Shea jumped up onto the couch then placed her head on her paw. It took a couple80Please respect copyright.PENANAPXNRdiiks8
of seconds for him to put down his quill and to look up at him.
“I heard you were ambushed on the80Please respect copyright.PENANAGyFEc3mBaO
street today.” The old man’s voice hitched. “Are you doing okay?”
“Fine, gramps.” Vander nodded.80Please respect copyright.PENANAVTr6y3P9YI
“What about the man I captured?”
“In the dungeon waiting for his80Please respect copyright.PENANActERm3xSe2
questioning.” He said. “I assume you want to do the honors?”
“It would be my pleasure.” Vander80Please respect copyright.PENANAL20xGzaqE2
grinned. “But we need to have a talk about something.” He sat down in the chair80Please respect copyright.PENANAm03qCAyJt9
across from his grandfather. “We need to promote the recruits to trainees and80Please respect copyright.PENANAv9JAzYcPGn
allow them to help us around the castle. If today taught me anything we need80Please respect copyright.PENANAa3yQYTPLFv
more soldiers on the streets protecting the people than we need them in here.”
“It’s not time for them yet.”80Please respect copyright.PENANAoHAc6W1LpK
Charles shook his head. “They aren’t ready.”
“We don’t have the manpower,”80Please respect copyright.PENANActG0b1eXQL
Vander argued. “Even when all the Blades come back with the wardens, there80Please respect copyright.PENANAnlHr9S1OGt
still isn’t enough. Those five can really help us out.”
“Doesn’t matter if we need the80Please respect copyright.PENANAte1iGUm0A5
help.” The old man growled. “We have standards we must adhere to. There can be80Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0tTyfeWS8
no exceptions.”
“Gramps since I’ve returned a80Please respect copyright.PENANAItE2BpSdv5
couple weeks ago, I’ve almost died twice.” Vander said. “If we had more80Please respect copyright.PENANAwYN1eioKjj
competent guards this might not have happened. If you’re that worried about it80Please respect copyright.PENANAhhC0LEtOuC
I will keep training them until their time is up and stick them by the entrances.80Please respect copyright.PENANAGtDLkriibT
An important position, but it wouldn’t put them in harms way.”
“I’ll have to think about it.”80Please respect copyright.PENANAbaE0ehGTmr
Charles sighed. “But your idea does have merit to it.”
“Thank you,” Vander sighed. “I met80Please respect copyright.PENANA3qtbdTMmEA
with Ross last night for information on who poisoned Malcolm and he gave me a80Please respect copyright.PENANAZz1tcvPOHV
name.”
“Yea?” Charles looked up80Please respect copyright.PENANAvttAqt1Pti
interested. “What was it?”
“Green Serpents.” Charles’ face80Please respect copyright.PENANAUp8Nz8DIhk
fell. He scrunched his fist on the desk then slammed his fist down on top.80Please respect copyright.PENANAMgi28fSFGG
“That bastard.”
“Is there something I should know80Please respect copyright.PENANA9Hv0xQhO4K
about?” Vander frowned. “I’ve never heard of them before, but based on your80Please respect copyright.PENANA84wft3FgY1
reaction and the King’s, it’s something big.”
“Malcolm has his reasons for not80Please respect copyright.PENANAcoWO3Yta4K
telling you, but since you were nearly killed, I suppose to have the right to80Please respect copyright.PENANAfGYmRZz7Qb
know.” Charles leaned back in his chair. “The Green Serpents are a mercenary80Please respect copyright.PENANArdUzPBjSCi
band that goes to the highest bidder. However, it wasn’t always that way. The80Please respect copyright.PENANAldYT97l9C3
leader, Jogun Batiste, the King and I used to be close during the wars twenty80Please respect copyright.PENANAtiYCj5hGSS
years ago.”
“What changed?” Vander folded his80Please respect copyright.PENANAIKL4LiW8ix
arms over his chest. If they were now taking contracts on the King himself,80Please respect copyright.PENANA66sddgZdGG
something bad must have happened.
“We found out what he did to80Please respect copyright.PENANApS0wh6JJhh
prisoners, especially the children.” Charles’ back sagged. “He would have them80Please respect copyright.PENANAElfdZLOEu0
fight each other to the death then, if they survived, they were tortured and80Please respect copyright.PENANA87S2j0x3nS
corrupted into joining them. Some he sent to his loyal soldiers to be80Please respect copyright.PENANAITS0AVNwOh
brutalized.”
“Sounds like a real charmer.”80Please respect copyright.PENANAis0K88UXaU
Vander said dryly.
“We suspended all contracts with80Please respect copyright.PENANAiZRtryi2Ly
them and threw them out of the city.” Charles sighed. “I wanted more drastic80Please respect copyright.PENANAeZ55u8F44U
measures to be taken, but I was overruled. The council thought it would be80Please respect copyright.PENANAaGkRBjauxq
better to part ways amicably instead of killing or imprisoning those involved.”
“And now they are back trying to80Please respect copyright.PENANAwj0ysLiaEL
get revenge?” Vander shook his head. “Something is adding up. They are going80Please respect copyright.PENANAwdOoMwhYdR
through a lot of trouble for revenge. I think there might be more to this,80Please respect copyright.PENANAkToeIROjJv
especially since I had nothing to do with twenty years ago.”
“And it would make sense to go80Please respect copyright.PENANAJucCm39jTt
after me, someone who was involved, and protects Malcolm.” Charles turned80Please respect copyright.PENANA6W9GJlaIeB
around and walked back to the desk. “Why are you being targeted? Any ideas?”
“A couple.” Vander hesitated. “My80Please respect copyright.PENANAgFBLZcvsrl
first thought was that it was because I got involved with Nigel, but I don’t80Please respect copyright.PENANALEeUbovh04
think that’s the reason.”
“Vander.” Charles said carefully.80Please respect copyright.PENANAZMegcqUlqT
“What’s going on?” Vander took a deep sigh then told his grandfather about the80Please respect copyright.PENANAyQ6bDJ2fvT
dreams he had been having.
It started with Veyar the day80Please respect copyright.PENANAqiaQqEI3Bn
before he left for the city along with her warning to keep his identity hidden.80Please respect copyright.PENANABTsuaipm9S
He left out the part of her being trapped in the stormy vortex, he didn’t want80Please respect copyright.PENANAxBiTxFeFbP
to give the impression that the Deities were fighting each other, not that80Please respect copyright.PENANA1sV12Czcvx
anyone would believe him. Then he told him about the dream with Unna about80Please respect copyright.PENANAUrK2qLYyoB
fulfilling his role. Lastly he told him about his most recent dream about80Please respect copyright.PENANAVo1ysvVk7v
Imitae being chained up to a wall and reiterating the same thing his wife had80Please respect copyright.PENANAHmVgsNa8wn
told him.
“So, you think they went after you80Please respect copyright.PENANAn1nGTk6QMY
because they know you are the Ma’akti Unnatun?” Charles asked. “How could they80Please respect copyright.PENANAM61H9dbMpz
know? Not many people do, even less could figure it out.”
“Gramps I communicate with a80Please respect copyright.PENANAsp68rrMNSo
Shadow Beast,” Vander laughed. “She might look like a wolf, but either way it’s80Please respect copyright.PENANAqcyuZKwt8q
not a common occurrence to walk around with her. It might be nothing, but all80Please respect copyright.PENANAnZwcln0pP1
of these dreams these murder attempts, something is going down.”
“I already moved your stuff here80Please respect copyright.PENANAGheGYOCNsk
to your old room.” Charles said. “I will have guards on you at all times to80Please respect copyright.PENANA5zrIfwjLZI
make sure you stay safe.”
“I don’t need a babysitter,80Please respect copyright.PENANAkVBmXkVGOi
gramps.” Vander sighed. “Put the guards you were going to put on me and put80Please respect copyright.PENANAhTzIgvSLlp
them on the King or Warden Drayson. I don’t need protection.”
“Then I will put Alex on it, he80Please respect copyright.PENANAv64Uam0sQl
seems to be the only one who can wrangle you.” Charles sat back down. “What80Please respect copyright.PENANATvfCcooPod
else did Ross tell you?” Vander looked at him confused. “I’ve known you since80Please respect copyright.PENANAdqnGBpDrPa
you were a boy, Vander. You think I couldn’t tell you were hiding something80Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5yhnNPpIq
from me?” Vander sighed deeply.
“He told me that he could find the80Please respect copyright.PENANA0hdS22NVOL
Serpents for us, the problem is I would have to fight for him.” Vander80Please respect copyright.PENANANBczFFfFrz
explained. “In the pits.” Charles lowered his head and sighed.
“Do you think he has a way to get80Please respect copyright.PENANAC8WFLXr5xk
that information?”
“Yes,” Vander nodded. “But that’s80Please respect copyright.PENANAiVXmmNjLTG
not a place I want to fight in. We can handle the information gathering80Please respect copyright.PENANAlghsrShzZQ
ourselves. I’m certain of it.”
“With our resources stretched thin80Please respect copyright.PENANAxlmOu4LQp4
I doubt we will have the time, but now that we know who they are, we should80Please respect copyright.PENANANMMIOk7dgU
have better luck finding them.” Charles said. He opened his mouth, but there80Please respect copyright.PENANAMC9Pq9Wr9Y
was a knock at the door. “Come in!”
Alex poked his head inside.80Please respect copyright.PENANAUSpfzU2GCF
“Commander, Vander, Anna Drayson is here to talk to you.”
“Send her in.” Charles and Vander80Please respect copyright.PENANA5wGAugwiZk
got up from their seats to greet the young woman and heir to the Eastern80Please respect copyright.PENANAqUMzHI8V5F
Warden.
Anna Drayson was only a couple80Please respect copyright.PENANA7D9L9xx15U
years younger than Vander, but an accomplished soldier. She wore the native80Please respect copyright.PENANAwxLSyFigkN
uniform in an ocean climate: a leather cuirass, a short skirt, leather shin80Please respect copyright.PENANAt8DRjEg7Al
guards, boots, and arm guards. Strapped to their waist they usually held a80Please respect copyright.PENANAIEjGGZibu2
short sword, but for now it was empty. They wore helmets with a blue stripe on80Please respect copyright.PENANApg7Xob1ei7
top to show their devotion to the sea. However, this was only their ceremonial80Please respect copyright.PENANANiyNj6E6fb
uniform, in actual battle they wore iron for better protection.
“Sorry for the intrusion.” Her80Please respect copyright.PENANAu6uKguaJm1
voice was melodic. She removed her helmet and a cascade of silver blonde hair80Please respect copyright.PENANAc7F29OsD14
fell past her shoulders. Her brown eyes held onto Vander’s for a moment before80Please respect copyright.PENANAfwLFntKMs6
flickering to his grandfather. “I hope I’m not interrupting.”
“No Anna, we were just finishing80Please respect copyright.PENANAjUJujqbyen
up.” Charles leaned back in his chair. “What can I do for you?”
“My grandmother requested Captain80Please respect copyright.PENANA1MkZNCUnU9
Vander’s presence and asked that I escort him to her.” Vander and Charles80Please respect copyright.PENANAJG0Bx1Jv7N
exchanged glances.
“I haven’t talked to her since I80Please respect copyright.PENANAxLD1mGfcrU
was a small child.” Vander frowned. “What could she want to talk to me about?”80Please respect copyright.PENANAeeAn8q0LFr
Anna just shrugged her shoulders. Sighing he got up from the chair. “Seems I’ve80Please respect copyright.PENANAUryNwqawju
been doing more talking than just about anything else recently.”
“We can change that if you want.”80Please respect copyright.PENANAbXSShrRYjV
Anna grinned. “I’ve been wanting to fight you for years, wolfling.”
“I told you to stop calling me80Please respect copyright.PENANAF83IUdb9od
that.” Vander snapped. He wrapped his elbow around her neck, forcing her to80Please respect copyright.PENANARyEBVv0mc9
bend, then rubbed his knuckles through her hair.
“Ow, ow, ow.” She rammed her elbow80Please respect copyright.PENANAilBMFwXVFQ
into her stomach causing him to bend over. They broke apart and squared up,80Please respect copyright.PENANACQSMMtabze
fists raised in front of them.
“Not in the office, Vander.”80Please respect copyright.PENANAarxmQybt3w
Charles snarled. “Get going the two of you, before you break something.”
“Yes sir.” Anna bowed. Vander80Please respect copyright.PENANAS4IKdjgtax
whistled causing Shea to wake up rather abruptly. She growled her annoyance,80Please respect copyright.PENANAlHQW2T5oj9
but upon seeing Anna she jumped down off the couch and ran over to her. “Hello,80Please respect copyright.PENANAwaqMZt9rNH
Shea.” She cooed. “How are you?” She responded by jumping up and licking her80Please respect copyright.PENANAiB2hbDSTFJ
face.
“Come on you two.” Vander said.80Please respect copyright.PENANApcMfr6IJn4
“You can get reacquainted on the way. Let’s go.”
Anna chatted with Shea while she80Please respect copyright.PENANAYn7EUrvEuZ
led the way towards Drayson’s accommodations. Since she lived in a villa on the80Please respect copyright.PENANAsWjeGlUMdZ
ocean, the apartment she stayed in was on the eastern most side and higher up80Please respect copyright.PENANAu06cDoveQ0
than the others. They enjoyed the cool over there and that tower was the80Please respect copyright.PENANAvCZOfyshlH
coolest area in the entire castle. Which, of course, meant climbing up hundreds80Please respect copyright.PENANAHRfIFLPyMx
of stairs.
The stairs were guarded by two80Please respect copyright.PENANA9Qc7YI2ySW
Blades and two of Drayson’s own guards. They nodded their heads in difference80Please respect copyright.PENANA12aWtxhEjp
to the heir, but blocked Vander from going farther. The two blades went to step80Please respect copyright.PENANAtSxsPTNA3l
up, but Vander waved them back. He unclipped his sword and held it out to the80Please respect copyright.PENANAjWzNPyobpJ
guards. They took it then stepped back ushering them to the stairs. As Anna80Please respect copyright.PENANA75c6JEKjLZ
walked past, the Blades returned her sword to her. With Anna leading, they80Please respect copyright.PENANAFMliQSzYnw
walked their way up the stairs.
He was out of breath by the time80Please respect copyright.PENANAdgWnoDQTrp
they reached the top, but for Anna this seemed to be a light workout. Shea also80Please respect copyright.PENANAGdYMZwZ8mY
seemed to be enjoying herself because she tossed a lop-sided grin back towards80Please respect copyright.PENANARPmlB8RJiQ
Vander. He made a mental note to withhold steak from her for the next week.
The apartment they were in could80Please respect copyright.PENANAforwcts1y7
have doubled as a massive house in the first ring. There were four massive80Please respect copyright.PENANA8cpKHgbivN
suits, three bathrooms and plenty of walking-around space. The servants did a80Please respect copyright.PENANA8tRPBaYfhe
good job decorating as the entire room was painted blue. The reflections from80Please respect copyright.PENANAigyigp5TS7
the paint gave the room a blueish hue, it felt as though he was underwater.80Please respect copyright.PENANARmQZ3NX6iA
Sitting in the middle of the floor, on top of some blue pillows, sat an older80Please respect copyright.PENANAhKqkMDya2E
woman wearing a long blue robe. There was a long pipe in her long slender80Please respect copyright.PENANAOEBgjgJWGb
fingers. Her blue-green eyes looked up as they entered, a slight smile80Please respect copyright.PENANAeKPRAmVc3H
flickered on her face.
“Grandmother.” Anna got down on80Please respect copyright.PENANAcVPncm1f8p
one knee and bowed her head respectfully. Shea trotted over to the older lady80Please respect copyright.PENANAtXgqdnGPwS
then plopped her head down in her lap.
“Remove your boots Vander, then80Please respect copyright.PENANAWKaoODQw03
come sit.” Mari said, her voice only slightly louder than a whisper. “Anna, you80Please respect copyright.PENANAH42PH3AbOD
may join us if you wish.”
“I think I should wash up from my80Please respect copyright.PENANAXTLg7gq4Lt
trip.” Anna got up from the floor. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had a80Please respect copyright.PENANAyllaxvMRqU
proper bath and I feel as though the entire city could smell me.”
“I didn’t want to say anything80Please respect copyright.PENANAIMuYePnc7H
before because I didn’t want to draw attention to it, but-” a wet shoe slapped80Please respect copyright.PENANAojlf0Z58GN
him in the face. He gagged from the smell, but before he could throw it back he80Please respect copyright.PENANALPO82iJ3oC
heard a door slam shut.
“You shouldn’t treat her like80Please respect copyright.PENANAxgrxUzsOhr
that.” Mari said sternly with a hint of amusement in her voice. “She still has80Please respect copyright.PENANAqymN3ShWov
a thing for you even after all these years.”
“It wouldn’t work between us,”80Please respect copyright.PENANAUzBOoEvPPR
Vander sighed. “She knows that, and I know that. She can’t leave your villa80Please respect copyright.PENANAe7mbnSH7pa
like I can’t leave the city. We are just from different worlds.”
“Is that what kept you and Bree80Please respect copyright.PENANAtGIWlsdMj8
Valarian from getting farther?” Vander tried to contain his anger with the way80Please respect copyright.PENANA0k3bEevlYE
this conversation was going.
“I don’t want to talk about her.”80Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZBRY2eAN9
He growled. She blew a puff of smoke at him causing him to cough.
“You’ve been through a lot since80Please respect copyright.PENANAyWtxCMyVbO
I’ve last seen you.” she said. “You’ve aged. It’s in your eyes.”
“It’s been a rough couple week.”80Please respect copyright.PENANAQTTyqjhWBl
Vander leaned backwards to stare up at the ceiling. “Been attacked a couple of80Please respect copyright.PENANA6wEzaiyt2A
times, got some not so veiled threats, and have been poisoned. Things aren’t80Please respect copyright.PENANA7PVMl7npzl
looking well.”
“You need to take some time to80Please respect copyright.PENANAIWaszRsXDU
relax Vander.” Mari blew out some more smoke. “Things are only going to get80Please respect copyright.PENANA2qYdw6Z990
more difficult for you.” Drayson inhaled more smoke, but she held on to it80Please respect copyright.PENANACz0hkLU8fk
longer than she should have. She looked up at Vander, but her eyes were deep80Please respect copyright.PENANAr7ydgqfTH7
black this time, all trace of Mari was gone.
“Veyar,” Vander sighed.
“Ma’akti Unnatun.”80Please respect copyright.PENANAkGxSILYgad
Mari’s voice turned deeper, but still slightly feminine. “How good to see80Please respect copyright.PENANAFxAGGbvX1X
you again.”
“What is this about?” Vander80Please respect copyright.PENANAbKbrM6MMdc
frowned. “I got your message the first time, as well as your husbands. I don’t80Please respect copyright.PENANAfFSw5N3zpE
think there is anything else I need.”
“There is someone coming who is80Please respect copyright.PENANASOkaxxdUYz
blessed with my daughter’s powers.” Veyar smiled. “She will be of great80Please respect copyright.PENANACvnVANh0JC
help to you in this fight. Treat her well. You have a long road ahead of you,80Please respect copyright.PENANA3zISrUR8i0
hold on to your allies, they will be your best asset.”
“How will I know who my ally is?”80Please respect copyright.PENANAxR5dVsjKXO
he asked.
“You’ll know her when you see80Please respect copyright.PENANAH6SyG9IYKZ
her.” Veyar said. “It will take some time for you to gain her trust, but80Please respect copyright.PENANA4a6TmWU7DN
once you have it you will have an ally for life.”
“I don’t like people being played80Please respect copyright.PENANAlUiqaWWTEi
into helping me, Veyar.” Vander said. “Either she will do it of her own will or80Please respect copyright.PENANAtTYCENTvK6
not at all.”
“This has been written for a80Please respect copyright.PENANAdMlg9rJqzj
long time Vander.” She said. “This was ordained long before my children80Please respect copyright.PENANAQiaiuIJ6RB
were born. This battle will shape the world for good, or worst. With that,80Please respect copyright.PENANAjuz228pwbU
Veyar’s eyes closed and a moment later Mari was awakened.
“How long?” Vander asked her.
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smiled, but she looked tired. “Once I go it will pass down to Anna. Will you80Please respect copyright.PENANATTW3uZzn0a
help me to bed? I’m suddenly very tired.” Vander got up from the ground and80Please respect copyright.PENANAOEYlmvFNKh
picked the older woman up in his arms. She pointed to her room and he carried80Please respect copyright.PENANAVCjbCcU9JH
her to her bed.