Chapter 12
He slept soundly. No one wanted to136Please respect copyright.PENANADxSmH6933r
wake him so the visit by Mari Drayson went off without him. He didn’t awaken136Please respect copyright.PENANApwqjeZX4Nu
until night had fallen and Shea busted into the King’s study to jump on him136Please respect copyright.PENANAZMJiQW3veG
then proceeded to like his face until his face scrunched up and he pushed her136Please respect copyright.PENANAivmxvhR37l
aside.
“Shea, sto-” she interrupted him136Please respect copyright.PENANAW2CP8pbxgm
by licking his mouth. He shot up to start gagging pushing the she-wolf off his136Please respect copyright.PENANAep32AiyGx8
body. “I’ve told you to stop doing that.” He grumbled.
”And I told you to stop getting136Please respect copyright.PENANAqTaPf6dAmG
into fights when I’m not around, and here we are.” She growled into his136Please respect copyright.PENANA6knz4mPYKU
mind. “Imagine my annoyance when I got woken up by some Blades when they136Please respect copyright.PENANAJNWWF7lNGo
came to remove your stuff from the room and escorted me to the castle saying136Please respect copyright.PENANAPGTQxrPFWz
you had been attacked. Imagine my anger when they wouldn’t let me check up on136Please respect copyright.PENANAu5NvZTuoI7
you until now.”
“Did you leave anyone alive?” she136Please respect copyright.PENANAWC8wubeHer
barked her laughter but nodded her head.
“It was difficult, but your136Please respect copyright.PENANABQAxlkvNJH
grandfather swore to me you were sleeping and needed your rest.” She bumped136Please respect copyright.PENANAvYFDD7OrCC
her head against his chest. He placed his head in her fur then inhaled her136Please respect copyright.PENANAas1GJR6Rdw
scent. He felt the stress and anxiety he had been feeling just melt away.
“I’m sorry for worrying you.” she136Please respect copyright.PENANAR46wUXE8pZ
licked the side of his face accepting the apology. There was a slight knock on136Please respect copyright.PENANA1ET4H0QCQT
the door and Alexander poked his head in.
“I heard voices.” He said. “Are136Please respect copyright.PENANANuFDHE6i04
you finally awake, Vander?”
“Yep.” He slid his foot off the136Please respect copyright.PENANAnU0Z0AU7y0
couch. Looking up at Alex he saw that his friend had worry lines etched onto136Please respect copyright.PENANAT2fJV5motz
his head while his face was filled with worry. “How long have you been standing136Please respect copyright.PENANAALSjMt3nr6
there?”
“Once the others told me what had136Please respect copyright.PENANAKIr3WVockb
happened.” He explained. “I was about to kill you when you didn’t show to the136Please respect copyright.PENANA1fdQioujkY
training, but when that Jilena boy told me I dropped everything to come here.136Please respect copyright.PENANA6BPIeozrDs
The King told me not to disturb you, so I sat at that door making sure you136Please respect copyright.PENANAleNlfnRwQX
rested.”
“You got anything to eat?” Alex136Please respect copyright.PENANAwsIv2gN5Mq
grinned. He disappeared for a second then came back with a tray of steaming hot136Please respect copyright.PENANAYJdpiiTric
food.
“Once I saw Shea, I knew it was136Please respect copyright.PENANAQxFd6lSNpn
only a matter of time before you awoke so I had the kitchen prepare some stew136Please respect copyright.PENANABxg2Jc3qEa
and bread.” He said. “I had them make a bowl for her as well.”
“Thanks.” Shea was136Please respect copyright.PENANAEPE39gbRCS
practically salivating on the carpet. Bernard wasn’t ready for what was about136Please respect copyright.PENANAK9u8AO5a4c
to happen. The two of them tore into the food like a couple of beasts. Sauce136Please respect copyright.PENANAG3xgXYX2Du
and chunks of bread flew everywhere. Alex wisely took a step back shaking his136Please respect copyright.PENANAz436pZmCT2
head in disgust.
“Animals.” He muttered under his136Please respect copyright.PENANAsjN0mM9frW
breath. They were done after a few minutes leaving the table a disaster. Vander136Please respect copyright.PENANA3a6mhzppa8
leaned back on the couch then stifled a belch. Shea stuck her head into his136Please respect copyright.PENANAbMZ0eudcEx
bowl to lick out the remaining sauce. “Once you’re finished your grandfather136Please respect copyright.PENANAvL3FMceciH
wanted me to bring you to him.”
“Did he say what it was about?”136Please respect copyright.PENANAxXGmHA9iRy
Vander asked. Alex shook his head. Rolling his eyes he got up from the couch,136Please respect copyright.PENANAhZk2ryjtCb
wobbled for a second, but remained steady. “Let’s go then.”
The castle was on high alert.136Please respect copyright.PENANAfLzQi3CRMY
There were more guards here than normal, most of them were regular soldiers,136Please respect copyright.PENANAfzBjuhOAAa
stationed along the halls. Whenever the Wardens showed up everyone was on136Please respect copyright.PENANAOP5tzaaP5J
alert. The safety of the entire country rested on their heads, so the King136Please respect copyright.PENANAyIN3021srd
always took extra precautions to make sure they were safe.
Alex stood at the door to the136Please respect copyright.PENANAEXwPwUrQlQ
Commander’s office while Vander headed inside. Charles was pouring over more136Please respect copyright.PENANAFxJUEQo6Es
paperwork at his desk by lamplight. He looked so old sitting there even though136Please respect copyright.PENANAGUYzhnOcue
he was in his middle years. Just went to show the toll being Commander took.136Please respect copyright.PENANAsIAPKTKISn
Shea jumped up onto the couch then placed her head on her paw. It took a couple136Please respect copyright.PENANATe9e706qP9
of seconds for him to put down his quill and to look up at him.
“I heard you were ambushed on the136Please respect copyright.PENANAwsV3I4O7WH
street today.” The old man’s voice hitched. “Are you doing okay?”
“Fine, gramps.” Vander nodded.136Please respect copyright.PENANANqaUW8ha6B
“What about the man I captured?”
“In the dungeon waiting for his136Please respect copyright.PENANAnVJiA3AnpV
questioning.” He said. “I assume you want to do the honors?”
“It would be my pleasure.” Vander136Please respect copyright.PENANANZmSdmWh2A
grinned. “But we need to have a talk about something.” He sat down in the chair136Please respect copyright.PENANACKijoJaB1W
across from his grandfather. “We need to promote the recruits to trainees and136Please respect copyright.PENANAt9ZEVNFCs2
allow them to help us around the castle. If today taught me anything we need136Please respect copyright.PENANAXyaAqeAw6I
more soldiers on the streets protecting the people than we need them in here.”
“It’s not time for them yet.”136Please respect copyright.PENANA6IsDfb911q
Charles shook his head. “They aren’t ready.”
“We don’t have the manpower,”136Please respect copyright.PENANATiV3XmLf6a
Vander argued. “Even when all the Blades come back with the wardens, there136Please respect copyright.PENANA4JRTyUs4rz
still isn’t enough. Those five can really help us out.”
“Doesn’t matter if we need the136Please respect copyright.PENANAzELYKfMqwf
help.” The old man growled. “We have standards we must adhere to. There can be136Please respect copyright.PENANADZro0v0yMK
no exceptions.”
“Gramps since I’ve returned a136Please respect copyright.PENANAPxGfqhFzKa
couple weeks ago, I’ve almost died twice.” Vander said. “If we had more136Please respect copyright.PENANAbrsnJhgaWQ
competent guards this might not have happened. If you’re that worried about it136Please respect copyright.PENANAJ32MQgahPC
I will keep training them until their time is up and stick them by the entrances.136Please respect copyright.PENANAB0catTSevr
An important position, but it wouldn’t put them in harms way.”
“I’ll have to think about it.”136Please respect copyright.PENANAYzD1yZh2El
Charles sighed. “But your idea does have merit to it.”
“Thank you,” Vander sighed. “I met136Please respect copyright.PENANA3HNvly8bkQ
with Ross last night for information on who poisoned Malcolm and he gave me a136Please respect copyright.PENANAtqRhIt6xRL
name.”
“Yea?” Charles looked up136Please respect copyright.PENANA3oHbwRNjY2
interested. “What was it?”
“Green Serpents.” Charles’ face136Please respect copyright.PENANAUy9uud0G1x
fell. He scrunched his fist on the desk then slammed his fist down on top.136Please respect copyright.PENANAH0GOWC4T8g
“That bastard.”
“Is there something I should know136Please respect copyright.PENANAHLCgaSL5p5
about?” Vander frowned. “I’ve never heard of them before, but based on your136Please respect copyright.PENANAzQVn7yaX4H
reaction and the King’s, it’s something big.”
“Malcolm has his reasons for not136Please respect copyright.PENANALEqrUqypBy
telling you, but since you were nearly killed, I suppose to have the right to136Please respect copyright.PENANAz1hwek36tX
know.” Charles leaned back in his chair. “The Green Serpents are a mercenary136Please respect copyright.PENANANnXVEx8mCl
band that goes to the highest bidder. However, it wasn’t always that way. The136Please respect copyright.PENANAAvebJNftNW
leader, Jogun Batiste, the King and I used to be close during the wars twenty136Please respect copyright.PENANAlxFImjwmGF
years ago.”
“What changed?” Vander folded his136Please respect copyright.PENANArLPmDiNr2w
arms over his chest. If they were now taking contracts on the King himself,136Please respect copyright.PENANAmKzqtalJOX
something bad must have happened.
“We found out what he did to136Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ77IYe9Cz
prisoners, especially the children.” Charles’ back sagged. “He would have them136Please respect copyright.PENANArhzltLAe5V
fight each other to the death then, if they survived, they were tortured and136Please respect copyright.PENANA6yl0aCy8BH
corrupted into joining them. Some he sent to his loyal soldiers to be136Please respect copyright.PENANAc6LsFOlYkM
brutalized.”
“Sounds like a real charmer.”136Please respect copyright.PENANA4lA9nTObPo
Vander said dryly.
“We suspended all contracts with136Please respect copyright.PENANAozACuwo4WB
them and threw them out of the city.” Charles sighed. “I wanted more drastic136Please respect copyright.PENANAt0S2s79tWF
measures to be taken, but I was overruled. The council thought it would be136Please respect copyright.PENANAqmVMSJNmtk
better to part ways amicably instead of killing or imprisoning those involved.”
“And now they are back trying to136Please respect copyright.PENANAu8qN1i6fM8
get revenge?” Vander shook his head. “Something is adding up. They are going136Please respect copyright.PENANAVWX25yxqE0
through a lot of trouble for revenge. I think there might be more to this,136Please respect copyright.PENANAmjVMC8yeyj
especially since I had nothing to do with twenty years ago.”
“And it would make sense to go136Please respect copyright.PENANAX7nc8GgLsP
after me, someone who was involved, and protects Malcolm.” Charles turned136Please respect copyright.PENANAosaOFYCrRU
around and walked back to the desk. “Why are you being targeted? Any ideas?”
“A couple.” Vander hesitated. “My136Please respect copyright.PENANAtH1AIufABD
first thought was that it was because I got involved with Nigel, but I don’t136Please respect copyright.PENANAgnsABrto36
think that’s the reason.”
“Vander.” Charles said carefully.136Please respect copyright.PENANASujkEeIWyH
“What’s going on?” Vander took a deep sigh then told his grandfather about the136Please respect copyright.PENANAro9WBo205Q
dreams he had been having.
It started with Veyar the day136Please respect copyright.PENANAkk170jXBX8
before he left for the city along with her warning to keep his identity hidden.136Please respect copyright.PENANAJRb1xLqsic
He left out the part of her being trapped in the stormy vortex, he didn’t want136Please respect copyright.PENANAa0dPXI9zsY
to give the impression that the Deities were fighting each other, not that136Please respect copyright.PENANAXm73k4hWNV
anyone would believe him. Then he told him about the dream with Unna about136Please respect copyright.PENANAzoxzW7wPR9
fulfilling his role. Lastly he told him about his most recent dream about136Please respect copyright.PENANACRKOLn3ndK
Imitae being chained up to a wall and reiterating the same thing his wife had136Please respect copyright.PENANAw6ekIeUIMF
told him.
“So, you think they went after you136Please respect copyright.PENANAvLeM5fJT12
because they know you are the Ma’akti Unnatun?” Charles asked. “How could they136Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ta2uMGYUH
know? Not many people do, even less could figure it out.”
“Gramps I communicate with a136Please respect copyright.PENANAjJ0DsdU6D8
Shadow Beast,” Vander laughed. “She might look like a wolf, but either way it’s136Please respect copyright.PENANAK47cFo6iDE
not a common occurrence to walk around with her. It might be nothing, but all136Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3Rt7FotrL
of these dreams these murder attempts, something is going down.”
“I already moved your stuff here136Please respect copyright.PENANAnoCS3ihuTm
to your old room.” Charles said. “I will have guards on you at all times to136Please respect copyright.PENANA2D8Xey7MTC
make sure you stay safe.”
“I don’t need a babysitter,136Please respect copyright.PENANAx9R6MHqf9b
gramps.” Vander sighed. “Put the guards you were going to put on me and put136Please respect copyright.PENANAWbSFTWExU7
them on the King or Warden Drayson. I don’t need protection.”
“Then I will put Alex on it, he136Please respect copyright.PENANAyrPMKgLaFh
seems to be the only one who can wrangle you.” Charles sat back down. “What136Please respect copyright.PENANAjWp0OKl7Zn
else did Ross tell you?” Vander looked at him confused. “I’ve known you since136Please respect copyright.PENANAOudk2BDAeD
you were a boy, Vander. You think I couldn’t tell you were hiding something136Please respect copyright.PENANAKXixUQb3u8
from me?” Vander sighed deeply.
“He told me that he could find the136Please respect copyright.PENANAPZDM8j4au4
Serpents for us, the problem is I would have to fight for him.” Vander136Please respect copyright.PENANAuOa4J9fvEU
explained. “In the pits.” Charles lowered his head and sighed.
“Do you think he has a way to get136Please respect copyright.PENANACXyitBb2pL
that information?”
“Yes,” Vander nodded. “But that’s136Please respect copyright.PENANAYBkPUoN7Ml
not a place I want to fight in. We can handle the information gathering136Please respect copyright.PENANATnQY4wOfut
ourselves. I’m certain of it.”
“With our resources stretched thin136Please respect copyright.PENANAbdIGowWBRn
I doubt we will have the time, but now that we know who they are, we should136Please respect copyright.PENANAjPYLARt4MC
have better luck finding them.” Charles said. He opened his mouth, but there136Please respect copyright.PENANAXrgF2DfY7n
was a knock at the door. “Come in!”
Alex poked his head inside.136Please respect copyright.PENANAG6Sz6WMECa
“Commander, Vander, Anna Drayson is here to talk to you.”
“Send her in.” Charles and Vander136Please respect copyright.PENANAIszMYYRz3r
got up from their seats to greet the young woman and heir to the Eastern136Please respect copyright.PENANAtg1DExUk0c
Warden.
Anna Drayson was only a couple136Please respect copyright.PENANAiBjszHxzeA
years younger than Vander, but an accomplished soldier. She wore the native136Please respect copyright.PENANADjb7M5kyns
uniform in an ocean climate: a leather cuirass, a short skirt, leather shin136Please respect copyright.PENANAm5oX4rsVz5
guards, boots, and arm guards. Strapped to their waist they usually held a136Please respect copyright.PENANAdqjf6rO2nB
short sword, but for now it was empty. They wore helmets with a blue stripe on136Please respect copyright.PENANAXENtaygJFh
top to show their devotion to the sea. However, this was only their ceremonial136Please respect copyright.PENANAVuGz7RZeLe
uniform, in actual battle they wore iron for better protection.
“Sorry for the intrusion.” Her136Please respect copyright.PENANA2QjVIvSyaf
voice was melodic. She removed her helmet and a cascade of silver blonde hair136Please respect copyright.PENANAtkrmHlrH3F
fell past her shoulders. Her brown eyes held onto Vander’s for a moment before136Please respect copyright.PENANA0WQuZFLzlv
flickering to his grandfather. “I hope I’m not interrupting.”
“No Anna, we were just finishing136Please respect copyright.PENANAvS6PMc1Mc0
up.” Charles leaned back in his chair. “What can I do for you?”
“My grandmother requested Captain136Please respect copyright.PENANAXlN7wKOIOX
Vander’s presence and asked that I escort him to her.” Vander and Charles136Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZqPwd92SB
exchanged glances.
“I haven’t talked to her since I136Please respect copyright.PENANAdsgD2FgWmh
was a small child.” Vander frowned. “What could she want to talk to me about?”136Please respect copyright.PENANA6dIKUgAEkv
Anna just shrugged her shoulders. Sighing he got up from the chair. “Seems I’ve136Please respect copyright.PENANAeQNe4I9okc
been doing more talking than just about anything else recently.”
“We can change that if you want.”136Please respect copyright.PENANA0Mx8SpfdH7
Anna grinned. “I’ve been wanting to fight you for years, wolfling.”
“I told you to stop calling me136Please respect copyright.PENANA2pXwG7CA7y
that.” Vander snapped. He wrapped his elbow around her neck, forcing her to136Please respect copyright.PENANAvtcyzZpmI4
bend, then rubbed his knuckles through her hair.
“Ow, ow, ow.” She rammed her elbow136Please respect copyright.PENANAvNrMigqad5
into her stomach causing him to bend over. They broke apart and squared up,136Please respect copyright.PENANA9COsocf12C
fists raised in front of them.
“Not in the office, Vander.”136Please respect copyright.PENANARCiE7pXtOU
Charles snarled. “Get going the two of you, before you break something.”
“Yes sir.” Anna bowed. Vander136Please respect copyright.PENANAGx6tfqI3uG
whistled causing Shea to wake up rather abruptly. She growled her annoyance,136Please respect copyright.PENANAefR0TBqtSP
but upon seeing Anna she jumped down off the couch and ran over to her. “Hello,136Please respect copyright.PENANAfIP7LGbgHA
Shea.” She cooed. “How are you?” She responded by jumping up and licking her136Please respect copyright.PENANAComWjMPcwp
face.
“Come on you two.” Vander said.136Please respect copyright.PENANA9wgPWqMomJ
“You can get reacquainted on the way. Let’s go.”
Anna chatted with Shea while she136Please respect copyright.PENANAJNPmiwcas0
led the way towards Drayson’s accommodations. Since she lived in a villa on the136Please respect copyright.PENANAMS35uPmx0v
ocean, the apartment she stayed in was on the eastern most side and higher up136Please respect copyright.PENANApf9RmPNXoD
than the others. They enjoyed the cool over there and that tower was the136Please respect copyright.PENANAe0Pp7siMoB
coolest area in the entire castle. Which, of course, meant climbing up hundreds136Please respect copyright.PENANA8N5TvzMzD5
of stairs.
The stairs were guarded by two136Please respect copyright.PENANAIqswmNcrNF
Blades and two of Drayson’s own guards. They nodded their heads in difference136Please respect copyright.PENANAc54YCMqRwa
to the heir, but blocked Vander from going farther. The two blades went to step136Please respect copyright.PENANA160PFPYDbI
up, but Vander waved them back. He unclipped his sword and held it out to the136Please respect copyright.PENANAWoVX79ZyLf
guards. They took it then stepped back ushering them to the stairs. As Anna136Please respect copyright.PENANAXeVTJFegNz
walked past, the Blades returned her sword to her. With Anna leading, they136Please respect copyright.PENANAdfmMYf0GPe
walked their way up the stairs.
He was out of breath by the time136Please respect copyright.PENANAJucVQQfa4U
they reached the top, but for Anna this seemed to be a light workout. Shea also136Please respect copyright.PENANAp69VgpWmJ6
seemed to be enjoying herself because she tossed a lop-sided grin back towards136Please respect copyright.PENANA20MVQywq6y
Vander. He made a mental note to withhold steak from her for the next week.
The apartment they were in could136Please respect copyright.PENANAuJjGXMdXbp
have doubled as a massive house in the first ring. There were four massive136Please respect copyright.PENANAvAkKaFYVqq
suits, three bathrooms and plenty of walking-around space. The servants did a136Please respect copyright.PENANARmB7UGeADH
good job decorating as the entire room was painted blue. The reflections from136Please respect copyright.PENANAbVpb09M5EY
the paint gave the room a blueish hue, it felt as though he was underwater.136Please respect copyright.PENANAUQp9kPwEGX
Sitting in the middle of the floor, on top of some blue pillows, sat an older136Please respect copyright.PENANAz83IhOELk0
woman wearing a long blue robe. There was a long pipe in her long slender136Please respect copyright.PENANAsZRAuqXFnp
fingers. Her blue-green eyes looked up as they entered, a slight smile136Please respect copyright.PENANA8dGTs2GRXf
flickered on her face.
“Grandmother.” Anna got down on136Please respect copyright.PENANAkSDYIoSE3X
one knee and bowed her head respectfully. Shea trotted over to the older lady136Please respect copyright.PENANAsU4MMOpxXT
then plopped her head down in her lap.
“Remove your boots Vander, then136Please respect copyright.PENANA5PqaFCpCAm
come sit.” Mari said, her voice only slightly louder than a whisper. “Anna, you136Please respect copyright.PENANACqYaaUbpnN
may join us if you wish.”
“I think I should wash up from my136Please respect copyright.PENANAaZhZEw4aux
trip.” Anna got up from the floor. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had a136Please respect copyright.PENANAVimNHBfE4e
proper bath and I feel as though the entire city could smell me.”
“I didn’t want to say anything136Please respect copyright.PENANAHCEo1efEX7
before because I didn’t want to draw attention to it, but-” a wet shoe slapped136Please respect copyright.PENANA1iUhRgNppO
him in the face. He gagged from the smell, but before he could throw it back he136Please respect copyright.PENANAQWrWXlbSy2
heard a door slam shut.
“You shouldn’t treat her like136Please respect copyright.PENANAmMKslwp3ST
that.” Mari said sternly with a hint of amusement in her voice. “She still has136Please respect copyright.PENANAD7TZFiWDg6
a thing for you even after all these years.”
“It wouldn’t work between us,”136Please respect copyright.PENANA09FpjmhelT
Vander sighed. “She knows that, and I know that. She can’t leave your villa136Please respect copyright.PENANAKiQ4APMoyI
like I can’t leave the city. We are just from different worlds.”
“Is that what kept you and Bree136Please respect copyright.PENANA2HirlvrLsZ
Valarian from getting farther?” Vander tried to contain his anger with the way136Please respect copyright.PENANA2SZ5fH7GF2
this conversation was going.
“I don’t want to talk about her.”136Please respect copyright.PENANAGso86YRuW0
He growled. She blew a puff of smoke at him causing him to cough.
“You’ve been through a lot since136Please respect copyright.PENANAk8dOGcoAlp
I’ve last seen you.” she said. “You’ve aged. It’s in your eyes.”
“It’s been a rough couple week.”136Please respect copyright.PENANAIXphsaSOL2
Vander leaned backwards to stare up at the ceiling. “Been attacked a couple of136Please respect copyright.PENANArubdPkuMc0
times, got some not so veiled threats, and have been poisoned. Things aren’t136Please respect copyright.PENANAbebAURx5WL
looking well.”
“You need to take some time to136Please respect copyright.PENANATEtVpK5weO
relax Vander.” Mari blew out some more smoke. “Things are only going to get136Please respect copyright.PENANAranoNzfOxM
more difficult for you.” Drayson inhaled more smoke, but she held on to it136Please respect copyright.PENANAtWVdgkEmUU
longer than she should have. She looked up at Vander, but her eyes were deep136Please respect copyright.PENANA22EGEK3O0V
black this time, all trace of Mari was gone.
“Veyar,” Vander sighed.
“Ma’akti Unnatun.”136Please respect copyright.PENANAArIApIYkqV
Mari’s voice turned deeper, but still slightly feminine. “How good to see136Please respect copyright.PENANAxKIrmmZufT
you again.”
“What is this about?” Vander136Please respect copyright.PENANA1k4T7ealRs
frowned. “I got your message the first time, as well as your husbands. I don’t136Please respect copyright.PENANAOUvA6AIaFG
think there is anything else I need.”
“There is someone coming who is136Please respect copyright.PENANAVxbkp5j35E
blessed with my daughter’s powers.” Veyar smiled. “She will be of great136Please respect copyright.PENANADASPMGsI9G
help to you in this fight. Treat her well. You have a long road ahead of you,136Please respect copyright.PENANAkQSQh3yUdv
hold on to your allies, they will be your best asset.”
“How will I know who my ally is?”136Please respect copyright.PENANA9956v6dDqA
he asked.
“You’ll know her when you see136Please respect copyright.PENANAItsIgfuT6X
her.” Veyar said. “It will take some time for you to gain her trust, but136Please respect copyright.PENANAsFjmgs9SMZ
once you have it you will have an ally for life.”
“I don’t like people being played136Please respect copyright.PENANAJRFEtwDmXc
into helping me, Veyar.” Vander said. “Either she will do it of her own will or136Please respect copyright.PENANAS59LZduLc2
not at all.”
“This has been written for a136Please respect copyright.PENANAaviUUDP9P2
long time Vander.” She said. “This was ordained long before my children136Please respect copyright.PENANAR6zY8FI2eE
were born. This battle will shape the world for good, or worst. With that,136Please respect copyright.PENANATSP7VYP5sC
Veyar’s eyes closed and a moment later Mari was awakened.
“How long?” Vander asked her.
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her to her bed.