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"Oh, it’s fun," Zila said "Prince Ryne visits us every day He plays chess with Danny and wins every tinored him "There’s heaps of books everywhere"

"You don’t kno to read," Danny said

"I do, too Berna’s teaching me"

"Berna?" Kerrick asked

"Our nanny"

"Ah Do you like her?"

"She’s okay for a girl," Danny said, crossing his arms

"She’s the nicest person I know" Zila chewed on her lower lip "Well, the second nicest Avry’s the first" She peered up at Kerrick with big olive-colored eyes "Where’s Avry, Kerrick? Prince Ryne said you’d tell us what happened to her"

He crouched down so he was eye level with the two kids Trying to break it to theue Seeing Zila’s pretty eyes flood with tears orse than being knifed in the gut

"So if we becoue?" Danny asked His voice warbled, and the tip of his nose turned red

"You won’t find anyone," Kerrick said Although there was a possibility Tohon would use the infor with the Healer’s Guild to create another strain But this wasn’t the time to express his worries "There hasn’t been a case in over two years Prince Ryne had been frozen in a ave the"

Danny kept up his brave front and returned Kerrick’s grin

But Zila burst into loud sobs "You killed her," she shouted, then ran froed a glance

"She’s eight," Danny said "Her reaction is understandable"

The nanny poked her head in, asking what happened Kerrick told her