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Laurius blinked and shook a look of disbelief off his face. Had the being lost his mind? He was sounding too much like Ren. Though, Ren would never be so openly upset. He'd mull about it—probably think the words instead of speak the words. Oberin laughed, patting Laurius on the back before gripping t ...

Lee was ever obedient. It was, as Oberin would often remind her, one of her best qualities. She slowly opened the door and stepped out, keeping her eye on her feet as she inched into view. Oberin looked her over, taking in her cleanliness and new dress, the fresh bandage around her missing eye ...

Laurius stiffened, feeling suddenly exposed—as if Havitharon had stripped him naked and pushed him into the sun. Then, his face scrunched with snarl and he stepped forward. "I am not a damsel you need to protect. I am not Tenara," he muttered, moving toward the door. He twisted the handle and pulled ...

Laurius had paused near the door, where he'd grabbed his things to take and sit in the courtyard with. It wasn't much, just a ratty journal he pretended (sometimes) to write in so no one would get suspicious about why he lurked there all the time, watching the gate. He glanced to where Lee was ...

Tenara frowned. [“I’m sorry you have to be there…”] She wanted to tell him he would be back to her soon, but she had likely already said as much, and he really had no control over the timeline and it would only make him feel bad if he couldn’t fulfill that request. A hard knock sounded from the apart ...

Tenara was still stuck on Laurius’s ultimatum. She had to shake her head and replay Havitharon’s question. [“Of course, of course. It wouldn’t be right to leave her there with those people.”] Tenara didn’t want to think about what might have happened to the girl already, or what Havitharon had seen t ...

Laurius’s eyebrows raised at the mention of him seeming confident. He didn’t feel anything of the sort. But there was a direction—a better idea than sitting on the stone steps outside hoping the sister’s would come waltzing in. “Ask her if her father wouldn’t mind depositing money into an Arken bank ...

Tenara opened her mouth, and the command almost slipped free. But she thought of how upset her parents were with Havitharon—even though none of what happened was his fault—and worried how they would react if he abandoned this mission they had given him. Havitharon would be around for as long as she c ...

Tenara hesitated, trying not to think of everything that had happened. It was so easy to do. It flared up in her mind at the least bit of stimuli. Then, her mind veered toward the advisor and his rumor and how angry she'd been a few minutes ago. ["It's strange here,"] she said, swallowing. ["They're ...

["Oh, Havi,"] Tenara said, staring at the stone and wishing she could see him as well as hear him. ["I'm sure you had to do it. You said she was a child? I would have done the same..."] It was such a far cry from the man she had met in the mud and followed to that boat, who had seemed to hate ...

Tenara blinked, looking at Ren, but he no longer had his fingers on the stone and couldn't hear. Havitharon sounded a little strange, like he wasn't fully awake or had had something to drink. ["Child?"] she asked, sitting slowly in the tufted stool near her vanity. ["What... child did you take ...

Havitharon's voice filtered into her head as Ren was pressing the stone into her fingers and explaining that Havitharon hadn't had a choice in leaving. "I know," she said, to both of them, curling her fingers over the stone. The image of Havitharon in the snow, disappearing with her father blossomed ...

"Daughter?" Tenara asked from where she stood next to him. She had taken her hand off to help give Ren some privacy, but standing and only hearing half the conversation made her too curious, and she felt she was missing something important. Ren had only just gotten it too. It was selfish to ask if ...

Laurius thought of Oberin before he thought of the sisters or Cian at Ren’s outburst. [Of course no one will hurt me. I’ve got Havitharon and his feral daughter to look after me.]

Laurius nodded, forgetting that Ren couldn’t see him. Then, quickly, he added, [Thank you…] A thousand things ran through his mind, but nothing could find its way out of his mouth. Movement out of the corner of his eye caught his attention, and he noticed Havitharon trying to get to his feet. He loo ...