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Fidelias woke in somewhere dark, cool He ached everywhere He opened his eyes

"Good," Odiana purred "You&039;re awake" She leaned over hihtly on his telea"

"What happened?" Fidelias asked

She watched his mouth very closely as he spoke, then answered, "I found my Aldrick, and then I found you We&039;re not out yet We need you to help us"

"Where are we?"

"In a warehouse in Garrison My love is running an errand, and then we&039;ll go"

"The dagger?"

"In your hand You wouldn&039;t let it go"

Fidelias lifted his hand and saw the dagger there "Where are the one"

The door to the warehouse creaked open, and Aldrick, wearing the tunic of a Rivan legionare, entered "There isn&039;t much time," he said, voice tense He limped to Odiana and tossed down several bloody scraps of flesh attached to sweepingthe buildings for any stragglers"

"There&039;s one , and lifted up the scalps She began to hum to herself and walked over toward a pile of fallen crates and spilled junk in the dimness of the warehouse

Fidelias rose and wavered on his feet, gasping He looked down to find hiht hih the swordsman himself seemed none too steady "Easy You were hurt pretty badly Odiana stabilized you, but you&039;re going to need some serious attention"

Fidelias nodded He tucked Aquitaine&039;s dagger into his pouch and tied it shut "All right," he said "Hoe get out of here?"

"Everything&039;s still in chaos out there," Aldrick said "The Alerans are confused, there are s are on fire The Wolves fled and left the Herdbanes to rot Most of the them out of attics and basements"

Fidelias nodded "Theto be paying off a lot of death benefits If we can get out of Garrison, we should be able to rendevous with them Can you stand?"

"Yes" Fidelias squinted over toward Odiana and limped toward her