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"He thought she was dead," Valek explained Exhaustion lined his face, and he was too thin His hands slid down ers in mine "I heard you defeated the Cartel Did anyone Are there any"
I understood his reluctance to hear bad news "Bain Bloodgood had arrison"
"Ah, sorry to hear that"
"Everyone is still reeling And now Zitora is First Magician"
"That’s a heck of a ho" Valek braced for more bad news "Anyone else?"
"A few soldiers were killed by the blasts from the orbs It couldn’t be avoided And we can’t find Hale in any of the garrisons I suspect Bruns killed hiarrison, but I can’t ask him" I explained how Onora had saved our lives
Valek squeezed ? Any proble like aher cub Guess who is her cub?" I tapped my chest
"That’s normal"
"Says the man ants to lock me in a tower"
"That’s norlad she’s been protecting you Were there anyincidents at the other garrisons?"
"Other than a few injuries, none of our herd died Thank fate"
"Injuries? How bad?"
"Janco has a couple of new scars to na about them e see hiood had a knife at her throat, but Mara wasn’t going to let Leif surrender, so she took matters literally into her own hands"
"Good for her"
"She saved us all If Rika had warned Bruns" We all knew the consequences if that had happened "Irys has already healed Mara, and Irys is talking about giving her a s?"
"Fine However, Zohav almost drowned Zethan, or so your brother clai" I smiled, but sobered when I remembered Bain We’d all miss him "Now it’s your turn Owen?"
"Had a very bad case of overconfidence and died in my arms"
"I’m not sorry to hear it I take it that’s when the Commander woke up and recalled his army"
Valek tensed "Not exactly"
"What happened?"
He sighed "It’s a long story The short version is the invasion has been canceled, and Sitia can return to norers on my lips "I’ll fill everyone in on the details once they’re all back Fisk?"
I’d forgotten he was there!
"Yes?" Fisk asked
"Can you spread the word about the invasion? And please ask Ari and Janco to return to the Citadel with the twins"