Chapter 12
He slept soundly. No one wanted to103Please respect copyright.PENANAOFgZK6OEYp
wake him so the visit by Mari Drayson went off without him. He didn’t awaken103Please respect copyright.PENANAKxEYOWS3Uv
until night had fallen and Shea busted into the King’s study to jump on him103Please respect copyright.PENANA3t8LCVldt5
then proceeded to like his face until his face scrunched up and he pushed her103Please respect copyright.PENANA6odvafjz76
aside.
“Shea, sto-” she interrupted him103Please respect copyright.PENANAOY6pjxyPcN
by licking his mouth. He shot up to start gagging pushing the she-wolf off his103Please respect copyright.PENANAj33rWJK8mo
body. “I’ve told you to stop doing that.” He grumbled.
”And I told you to stop getting103Please respect copyright.PENANAshWGzI9pIk
into fights when I’m not around, and here we are.” She growled into his103Please respect copyright.PENANApsvvbaQR57
mind. “Imagine my annoyance when I got woken up by some Blades when they103Please respect copyright.PENANAKVUrhYrtGk
came to remove your stuff from the room and escorted me to the castle saying103Please respect copyright.PENANARN8Hhe5ID1
you had been attacked. Imagine my anger when they wouldn’t let me check up on103Please respect copyright.PENANAjZDiUTUrwS
you until now.”
“Did you leave anyone alive?” she103Please respect copyright.PENANAoMHBGGFj4d
barked her laughter but nodded her head.
“It was difficult, but your103Please respect copyright.PENANAGUBn1Nw4wU
grandfather swore to me you were sleeping and needed your rest.” She bumped103Please respect copyright.PENANAHWkUV4KDhL
her head against his chest. He placed his head in her fur then inhaled her103Please respect copyright.PENANAXZemdPy4by
scent. He felt the stress and anxiety he had been feeling just melt away.
“I’m sorry for worrying you.” she103Please respect copyright.PENANAgNVQqZ1gFs
licked the side of his face accepting the apology. There was a slight knock on103Please respect copyright.PENANA2RQsar3edk
the door and Alexander poked his head in.
“I heard voices.” He said. “Are103Please respect copyright.PENANA7nal1vBHTy
you finally awake, Vander?”
“Yep.” He slid his foot off the103Please respect copyright.PENANAkBreCqe2kP
couch. Looking up at Alex he saw that his friend had worry lines etched onto103Please respect copyright.PENANAXHh35co9IW
his head while his face was filled with worry. “How long have you been standing103Please respect copyright.PENANAdJzlTygE9M
there?”
“Once the others told me what had103Please respect copyright.PENANAFGPBkeXXXz
happened.” He explained. “I was about to kill you when you didn’t show to the103Please respect copyright.PENANAU8f4KsHWaa
training, but when that Jilena boy told me I dropped everything to come here.103Please respect copyright.PENANA0B5ey4b4bf
The King told me not to disturb you, so I sat at that door making sure you103Please respect copyright.PENANAXown0NhCgz
rested.”
“You got anything to eat?” Alex103Please respect copyright.PENANA9mhFASTGVz
grinned. He disappeared for a second then came back with a tray of steaming hot103Please respect copyright.PENANALxB4RhN9cz
food.
“Once I saw Shea, I knew it was103Please respect copyright.PENANAG8dRCOXdAr
only a matter of time before you awoke so I had the kitchen prepare some stew103Please respect copyright.PENANAkPek8JjFUf
and bread.” He said. “I had them make a bowl for her as well.”
“Thanks.” Shea was103Please respect copyright.PENANAOJvqZl9eAO
practically salivating on the carpet. Bernard wasn’t ready for what was about103Please respect copyright.PENANAzHZx2mmFFx
to happen. The two of them tore into the food like a couple of beasts. Sauce103Please respect copyright.PENANAkCNJNF8WHk
and chunks of bread flew everywhere. Alex wisely took a step back shaking his103Please respect copyright.PENANAqme9pkWFqh
head in disgust.
“Animals.” He muttered under his103Please respect copyright.PENANAuZqvGchqsm
breath. They were done after a few minutes leaving the table a disaster. Vander103Please respect copyright.PENANAkB9YkB4a75
leaned back on the couch then stifled a belch. Shea stuck her head into his103Please respect copyright.PENANAcczBsQi4oZ
bowl to lick out the remaining sauce. “Once you’re finished your grandfather103Please respect copyright.PENANADegazEhSeE
wanted me to bring you to him.”
“Did he say what it was about?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAnD16TwDNvQ
Vander asked. Alex shook his head. Rolling his eyes he got up from the couch,103Please respect copyright.PENANA5RKfw46yjt
wobbled for a second, but remained steady. “Let’s go then.”
The castle was on high alert.103Please respect copyright.PENANAZRxXk8deyH
There were more guards here than normal, most of them were regular soldiers,103Please respect copyright.PENANAnW2pU84cHo
stationed along the halls. Whenever the Wardens showed up everyone was on103Please respect copyright.PENANAksLDbD35r4
alert. The safety of the entire country rested on their heads, so the King103Please respect copyright.PENANAmJqRzb2meh
always took extra precautions to make sure they were safe.
Alex stood at the door to the103Please respect copyright.PENANAPUUPa3B7em
Commander’s office while Vander headed inside. Charles was pouring over more103Please respect copyright.PENANAvQw0fDrRgR
paperwork at his desk by lamplight. He looked so old sitting there even though103Please respect copyright.PENANA0PnS66ZL76
he was in his middle years. Just went to show the toll being Commander took.103Please respect copyright.PENANAENh5yt0A4b
Shea jumped up onto the couch then placed her head on her paw. It took a couple103Please respect copyright.PENANA9czGJD88aR
of seconds for him to put down his quill and to look up at him.
“I heard you were ambushed on the103Please respect copyright.PENANAEz2DIC7gtn
street today.” The old man’s voice hitched. “Are you doing okay?”
“Fine, gramps.” Vander nodded.103Please respect copyright.PENANAlrdoX7Unmy
“What about the man I captured?”
“In the dungeon waiting for his103Please respect copyright.PENANA5qTyCs3vz9
questioning.” He said. “I assume you want to do the honors?”
“It would be my pleasure.” Vander103Please respect copyright.PENANAsR74H1icOD
grinned. “But we need to have a talk about something.” He sat down in the chair103Please respect copyright.PENANAAxQ9rCd0dv
across from his grandfather. “We need to promote the recruits to trainees and103Please respect copyright.PENANAplSxRSfXHI
allow them to help us around the castle. If today taught me anything we need103Please respect copyright.PENANAfb34EdSfAz
more soldiers on the streets protecting the people than we need them in here.”
“It’s not time for them yet.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAQUDv2jfqzg
Charles shook his head. “They aren’t ready.”
“We don’t have the manpower,”103Please respect copyright.PENANAjgJt5gsSYS
Vander argued. “Even when all the Blades come back with the wardens, there103Please respect copyright.PENANAln9axvUMOD
still isn’t enough. Those five can really help us out.”
“Doesn’t matter if we need the103Please respect copyright.PENANADesoxROqgx
help.” The old man growled. “We have standards we must adhere to. There can be103Please respect copyright.PENANA1zSymgMiiR
no exceptions.”
“Gramps since I’ve returned a103Please respect copyright.PENANAZHHMsKAC0K
couple weeks ago, I’ve almost died twice.” Vander said. “If we had more103Please respect copyright.PENANAND5qGSWPDh
competent guards this might not have happened. If you’re that worried about it103Please respect copyright.PENANAAQ7hjoPIOJ
I will keep training them until their time is up and stick them by the entrances.103Please respect copyright.PENANAe8xjy2rRdG
An important position, but it wouldn’t put them in harms way.”
“I’ll have to think about it.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAhN78ovHR9s
Charles sighed. “But your idea does have merit to it.”
“Thank you,” Vander sighed. “I met103Please respect copyright.PENANAGc9mkYMUFR
with Ross last night for information on who poisoned Malcolm and he gave me a103Please respect copyright.PENANA5Mj3bY6u9M
name.”
“Yea?” Charles looked up103Please respect copyright.PENANAOj4xWRYlFG
interested. “What was it?”
“Green Serpents.” Charles’ face103Please respect copyright.PENANACxi8mx0tGd
fell. He scrunched his fist on the desk then slammed his fist down on top.103Please respect copyright.PENANA5s3ZG5kZcA
“That bastard.”
“Is there something I should know103Please respect copyright.PENANAILx3ZzUsaV
about?” Vander frowned. “I’ve never heard of them before, but based on your103Please respect copyright.PENANAnuK6bcV8tF
reaction and the King’s, it’s something big.”
“Malcolm has his reasons for not103Please respect copyright.PENANAd0e6WROuhU
telling you, but since you were nearly killed, I suppose to have the right to103Please respect copyright.PENANA6LMeuIKtZP
know.” Charles leaned back in his chair. “The Green Serpents are a mercenary103Please respect copyright.PENANA6DFnXQs4aE
band that goes to the highest bidder. However, it wasn’t always that way. The103Please respect copyright.PENANA1pfMdEljpM
leader, Jogun Batiste, the King and I used to be close during the wars twenty103Please respect copyright.PENANA8A5c9S1eAT
years ago.”
“What changed?” Vander folded his103Please respect copyright.PENANAj8ZsPQnk1M
arms over his chest. If they were now taking contracts on the King himself,103Please respect copyright.PENANAAm28B3ZnAs
something bad must have happened.
“We found out what he did to103Please respect copyright.PENANAldHKN8JruI
prisoners, especially the children.” Charles’ back sagged. “He would have them103Please respect copyright.PENANAblNhrMjOzS
fight each other to the death then, if they survived, they were tortured and103Please respect copyright.PENANAVX3DAwNm1h
corrupted into joining them. Some he sent to his loyal soldiers to be103Please respect copyright.PENANAzWoL9KO62n
brutalized.”
“Sounds like a real charmer.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAYxagmWZKJK
Vander said dryly.
“We suspended all contracts with103Please respect copyright.PENANAVohQ8GVjAl
them and threw them out of the city.” Charles sighed. “I wanted more drastic103Please respect copyright.PENANAINxAKvqNNi
measures to be taken, but I was overruled. The council thought it would be103Please respect copyright.PENANAaPZqg3Im85
better to part ways amicably instead of killing or imprisoning those involved.”
“And now they are back trying to103Please respect copyright.PENANAAYEfitLCaw
get revenge?” Vander shook his head. “Something is adding up. They are going103Please respect copyright.PENANAMAFal6qvNz
through a lot of trouble for revenge. I think there might be more to this,103Please respect copyright.PENANApb3nJj2fUu
especially since I had nothing to do with twenty years ago.”
“And it would make sense to go103Please respect copyright.PENANAjHosCP6vep
after me, someone who was involved, and protects Malcolm.” Charles turned103Please respect copyright.PENANArpYqlEu61A
around and walked back to the desk. “Why are you being targeted? Any ideas?”
“A couple.” Vander hesitated. “My103Please respect copyright.PENANA7E0SYHXloj
first thought was that it was because I got involved with Nigel, but I don’t103Please respect copyright.PENANATLwdSBAFjm
think that’s the reason.”
“Vander.” Charles said carefully.103Please respect copyright.PENANAqyB70Xtn2C
“What’s going on?” Vander took a deep sigh then told his grandfather about the103Please respect copyright.PENANAAgFhrvMW69
dreams he had been having.
It started with Veyar the day103Please respect copyright.PENANAeVt0v5JWUx
before he left for the city along with her warning to keep his identity hidden.103Please respect copyright.PENANAwzVewCSBUy
He left out the part of her being trapped in the stormy vortex, he didn’t want103Please respect copyright.PENANAcUJbIJwVTw
to give the impression that the Deities were fighting each other, not that103Please respect copyright.PENANAxgC0zjW4Gm
anyone would believe him. Then he told him about the dream with Unna about103Please respect copyright.PENANAwzLYvsV5SF
fulfilling his role. Lastly he told him about his most recent dream about103Please respect copyright.PENANAqNq8MaMHK3
Imitae being chained up to a wall and reiterating the same thing his wife had103Please respect copyright.PENANAQzikuq9Q6f
told him.
“So, you think they went after you103Please respect copyright.PENANAf9tKlc2rya
because they know you are the Ma’akti Unnatun?” Charles asked. “How could they103Please respect copyright.PENANAph8jLtcSlb
know? Not many people do, even less could figure it out.”
“Gramps I communicate with a103Please respect copyright.PENANATbFpDWSmjr
Shadow Beast,” Vander laughed. “She might look like a wolf, but either way it’s103Please respect copyright.PENANA03YoBJ9Q7e
not a common occurrence to walk around with her. It might be nothing, but all103Please respect copyright.PENANAXbWgkvQYwx
of these dreams these murder attempts, something is going down.”
“I already moved your stuff here103Please respect copyright.PENANAKLxYKuOp3J
to your old room.” Charles said. “I will have guards on you at all times to103Please respect copyright.PENANA3mrggIQ57p
make sure you stay safe.”
“I don’t need a babysitter,103Please respect copyright.PENANAu6xLpjjaDv
gramps.” Vander sighed. “Put the guards you were going to put on me and put103Please respect copyright.PENANAjtFJv2eXDi
them on the King or Warden Drayson. I don’t need protection.”
“Then I will put Alex on it, he103Please respect copyright.PENANAHjopf6Bmuy
seems to be the only one who can wrangle you.” Charles sat back down. “What103Please respect copyright.PENANAimeE2mEtFl
else did Ross tell you?” Vander looked at him confused. “I’ve known you since103Please respect copyright.PENANAYn0CZT6BkO
you were a boy, Vander. You think I couldn’t tell you were hiding something103Please respect copyright.PENANAAzJearWa9F
from me?” Vander sighed deeply.
“He told me that he could find the103Please respect copyright.PENANAM34NUUfCs2
Serpents for us, the problem is I would have to fight for him.” Vander103Please respect copyright.PENANACZGW95YUcx
explained. “In the pits.” Charles lowered his head and sighed.
“Do you think he has a way to get103Please respect copyright.PENANAiOkq7yGULq
that information?”
“Yes,” Vander nodded. “But that’s103Please respect copyright.PENANAcRMLX61MoF
not a place I want to fight in. We can handle the information gathering103Please respect copyright.PENANACXGabMP1qe
ourselves. I’m certain of it.”
“With our resources stretched thin103Please respect copyright.PENANAJuuGbdqPQ7
I doubt we will have the time, but now that we know who they are, we should103Please respect copyright.PENANAYSiktLTJek
have better luck finding them.” Charles said. He opened his mouth, but there103Please respect copyright.PENANAX1GeCxXuGk
was a knock at the door. “Come in!”
Alex poked his head inside.103Please respect copyright.PENANAyOyS84UUFL
“Commander, Vander, Anna Drayson is here to talk to you.”
“Send her in.” Charles and Vander103Please respect copyright.PENANAC2NnxWN22g
got up from their seats to greet the young woman and heir to the Eastern103Please respect copyright.PENANAHkMvA8wccz
Warden.
Anna Drayson was only a couple103Please respect copyright.PENANAmVyZufbF2F
years younger than Vander, but an accomplished soldier. She wore the native103Please respect copyright.PENANAisPUKQdMu7
uniform in an ocean climate: a leather cuirass, a short skirt, leather shin103Please respect copyright.PENANA5xVz7f6qo3
guards, boots, and arm guards. Strapped to their waist they usually held a103Please respect copyright.PENANAQd5h8GW3uK
short sword, but for now it was empty. They wore helmets with a blue stripe on103Please respect copyright.PENANAie9tZEJA3u
top to show their devotion to the sea. However, this was only their ceremonial103Please respect copyright.PENANAeLpsWO4jJ4
uniform, in actual battle they wore iron for better protection.
“Sorry for the intrusion.” Her103Please respect copyright.PENANA5sE3V8Fbq1
voice was melodic. She removed her helmet and a cascade of silver blonde hair103Please respect copyright.PENANAD8aZjs5YQI
fell past her shoulders. Her brown eyes held onto Vander’s for a moment before103Please respect copyright.PENANANoJdxGxuP9
flickering to his grandfather. “I hope I’m not interrupting.”
“No Anna, we were just finishing103Please respect copyright.PENANABZxceXSD3c
up.” Charles leaned back in his chair. “What can I do for you?”
“My grandmother requested Captain103Please respect copyright.PENANAZiFTwYJtMP
Vander’s presence and asked that I escort him to her.” Vander and Charles103Please respect copyright.PENANAIkgRGAr3Bo
exchanged glances.
“I haven’t talked to her since I103Please respect copyright.PENANAwjkSMLtd1r
was a small child.” Vander frowned. “What could she want to talk to me about?”103Please respect copyright.PENANA3zlJ4ajEt6
Anna just shrugged her shoulders. Sighing he got up from the chair. “Seems I’ve103Please respect copyright.PENANAaHMDnjfsrk
been doing more talking than just about anything else recently.”
“We can change that if you want.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAyE3DRTPZyo
Anna grinned. “I’ve been wanting to fight you for years, wolfling.”
“I told you to stop calling me103Please respect copyright.PENANACsUV5VvSnC
that.” Vander snapped. He wrapped his elbow around her neck, forcing her to103Please respect copyright.PENANAoUXtxWrC9E
bend, then rubbed his knuckles through her hair.
“Ow, ow, ow.” She rammed her elbow103Please respect copyright.PENANA7sqN10uOru
into her stomach causing him to bend over. They broke apart and squared up,103Please respect copyright.PENANAxrbZmQ5maW
fists raised in front of them.
“Not in the office, Vander.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAsO24I8tS3D
Charles snarled. “Get going the two of you, before you break something.”
“Yes sir.” Anna bowed. Vander103Please respect copyright.PENANAiSCegtEpdG
whistled causing Shea to wake up rather abruptly. She growled her annoyance,103Please respect copyright.PENANA5B9jGk3doC
but upon seeing Anna she jumped down off the couch and ran over to her. “Hello,103Please respect copyright.PENANAckfBtHD8WY
Shea.” She cooed. “How are you?” She responded by jumping up and licking her103Please respect copyright.PENANAd6OFBwaMrW
face.
“Come on you two.” Vander said.103Please respect copyright.PENANAFE1S3kt6Nk
“You can get reacquainted on the way. Let’s go.”
Anna chatted with Shea while she103Please respect copyright.PENANAqgYjZewztx
led the way towards Drayson’s accommodations. Since she lived in a villa on the103Please respect copyright.PENANAOChSOHjExn
ocean, the apartment she stayed in was on the eastern most side and higher up103Please respect copyright.PENANA6JZBwJNdl7
than the others. They enjoyed the cool over there and that tower was the103Please respect copyright.PENANAuCWOR0EqaF
coolest area in the entire castle. Which, of course, meant climbing up hundreds103Please respect copyright.PENANAz9ypgDfbUo
of stairs.
The stairs were guarded by two103Please respect copyright.PENANA3cCmTiRfVc
Blades and two of Drayson’s own guards. They nodded their heads in difference103Please respect copyright.PENANAqR2gQK7MpA
to the heir, but blocked Vander from going farther. The two blades went to step103Please respect copyright.PENANA0VgwfTn9Gt
up, but Vander waved them back. He unclipped his sword and held it out to the103Please respect copyright.PENANAdGsLHhRtQ9
guards. They took it then stepped back ushering them to the stairs. As Anna103Please respect copyright.PENANAmyDzeRjBg9
walked past, the Blades returned her sword to her. With Anna leading, they103Please respect copyright.PENANAOOtfsXgDVL
walked their way up the stairs.
He was out of breath by the time103Please respect copyright.PENANA19b8EQFLhA
they reached the top, but for Anna this seemed to be a light workout. Shea also103Please respect copyright.PENANAX0DPSP9F3J
seemed to be enjoying herself because she tossed a lop-sided grin back towards103Please respect copyright.PENANAdtu45hMgxg
Vander. He made a mental note to withhold steak from her for the next week.
The apartment they were in could103Please respect copyright.PENANAsLVwPbPl9V
have doubled as a massive house in the first ring. There were four massive103Please respect copyright.PENANA7JIufqFyGm
suits, three bathrooms and plenty of walking-around space. The servants did a103Please respect copyright.PENANAzgvhdkteun
good job decorating as the entire room was painted blue. The reflections from103Please respect copyright.PENANAWfS5te1ajk
the paint gave the room a blueish hue, it felt as though he was underwater.103Please respect copyright.PENANAkOnjHFJql1
Sitting in the middle of the floor, on top of some blue pillows, sat an older103Please respect copyright.PENANAqaORdzo5dq
woman wearing a long blue robe. There was a long pipe in her long slender103Please respect copyright.PENANAJFN8HEUdWK
fingers. Her blue-green eyes looked up as they entered, a slight smile103Please respect copyright.PENANAbKQmzPIbZw
flickered on her face.
“Grandmother.” Anna got down on103Please respect copyright.PENANAo7oPtdwtrc
one knee and bowed her head respectfully. Shea trotted over to the older lady103Please respect copyright.PENANAZhsrGiEds7
then plopped her head down in her lap.
“Remove your boots Vander, then103Please respect copyright.PENANANuxoXbsS7K
come sit.” Mari said, her voice only slightly louder than a whisper. “Anna, you103Please respect copyright.PENANAXymEO6SHTF
may join us if you wish.”
“I think I should wash up from my103Please respect copyright.PENANAJFnjHtcx5D
trip.” Anna got up from the floor. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had a103Please respect copyright.PENANAVwIpNZkEcU
proper bath and I feel as though the entire city could smell me.”
“I didn’t want to say anything103Please respect copyright.PENANAhHzaN1oEUb
before because I didn’t want to draw attention to it, but-” a wet shoe slapped103Please respect copyright.PENANAY5yg2etwjL
him in the face. He gagged from the smell, but before he could throw it back he103Please respect copyright.PENANAqXLE7NrzkK
heard a door slam shut.
“You shouldn’t treat her like103Please respect copyright.PENANAbxa4DcGv11
that.” Mari said sternly with a hint of amusement in her voice. “She still has103Please respect copyright.PENANAtqSmGz2XAo
a thing for you even after all these years.”
“It wouldn’t work between us,”103Please respect copyright.PENANAHgNKqEW4Aq
Vander sighed. “She knows that, and I know that. She can’t leave your villa103Please respect copyright.PENANAE69xzRhPgz
like I can’t leave the city. We are just from different worlds.”
“Is that what kept you and Bree103Please respect copyright.PENANAjjdEIfKCJ8
Valarian from getting farther?” Vander tried to contain his anger with the way103Please respect copyright.PENANAHxdg66FSyk
this conversation was going.
“I don’t want to talk about her.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAkhR0QeLypl
He growled. She blew a puff of smoke at him causing him to cough.
“You’ve been through a lot since103Please respect copyright.PENANAcpJNse3v9O
I’ve last seen you.” she said. “You’ve aged. It’s in your eyes.”
“It’s been a rough couple week.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAfQm1LQttho
Vander leaned backwards to stare up at the ceiling. “Been attacked a couple of103Please respect copyright.PENANAEllyR8eYYm
times, got some not so veiled threats, and have been poisoned. Things aren’t103Please respect copyright.PENANAxcoDT3f5Kw
looking well.”
“You need to take some time to103Please respect copyright.PENANA8mFGXn65EN
relax Vander.” Mari blew out some more smoke. “Things are only going to get103Please respect copyright.PENANAithsPwRlz2
more difficult for you.” Drayson inhaled more smoke, but she held on to it103Please respect copyright.PENANAs2EgP7qO93
longer than she should have. She looked up at Vander, but her eyes were deep103Please respect copyright.PENANAmJV9S4RcdH
black this time, all trace of Mari was gone.
“Veyar,” Vander sighed.
“Ma’akti Unnatun.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAXK3S4TIkcV
Mari’s voice turned deeper, but still slightly feminine. “How good to see103Please respect copyright.PENANAwB7LcOk9z1
you again.”
“What is this about?” Vander103Please respect copyright.PENANAf1cnZ0Jm2o
frowned. “I got your message the first time, as well as your husbands. I don’t103Please respect copyright.PENANAh1xZpuBGVb
think there is anything else I need.”
“There is someone coming who is103Please respect copyright.PENANABznMRoJ6G9
blessed with my daughter’s powers.” Veyar smiled. “She will be of great103Please respect copyright.PENANAtycHWGyoPR
help to you in this fight. Treat her well. You have a long road ahead of you,103Please respect copyright.PENANAo5I8WdcuyR
hold on to your allies, they will be your best asset.”
“How will I know who my ally is?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAvtDhGhT3ie
he asked.
“You’ll know her when you see103Please respect copyright.PENANA4tPNNIUzVv
her.” Veyar said. “It will take some time for you to gain her trust, but103Please respect copyright.PENANA6K9u4Qelqu
once you have it you will have an ally for life.”
“I don’t like people being played103Please respect copyright.PENANAgb89vuXevz
into helping me, Veyar.” Vander said. “Either she will do it of her own will or103Please respect copyright.PENANAmMi8ZIMLfH
not at all.”
“This has been written for a103Please respect copyright.PENANABHdMvf1rfP
long time Vander.” She said. “This was ordained long before my children103Please respect copyright.PENANA1goc9IRvJ1
were born. This battle will shape the world for good, or worst. With that,103Please respect copyright.PENANAzmyxI9d0Db
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 you103Please respect copyright.PENANAGCcqKY5KBz
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