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They shut them down corinned In through a breach in the wall, out through the front gates Someone in there had decided to cooperate

Mychael saw me, and after a few brief words with one of his officers, he started toward us When he got close enough, Piaras walked forward to us It--"

Mychael held up an armored hand "I know, Piaras And so does Justinius"

"He’s alive?"

"He weak, but I believe he’ll recover"

Mychael slowly turned his head to look at Phaelan "I have no knowledge of the events i of that cannon"

"Would you like some?" Phaelan offered

"No, I would not I also do not want to hear ru other than an accident The city watch has taken Master Ozal’s statement, and they are satisfied that there was no ht involved on his part or that of his crew"

"Tanik’s the salt of the earth," Phaelan proclaimed, his expression solemn "Not a malicious bone in his body"

"There will be no further investigation" Mychael paused uarantee does not apply to any such future incidents"

"Understood I’m sure Tanik will take the appropriate measures to ensure that his forward cannon never blows a hole in the south wall of the elven eain"

I couldn’t care less about holes in the elven eus Carnades Silvanus ordered either my or Piaras’s arrest, extradition, and/or execution?"

"He has not," Mychael assured us until Justinius recovers?"

"He is, but the Isle of Mid is under aze took in every possible threat within fifty feet of us "Raine, we really shouldn’t be standing out in the open It’s not safe for either one of us, but especially not for you"

He’d get no argument from me on that one

"Phaelan’s staked out a nice patch of dark over there," I told him

"That will suffice"

Mychael and I stepped into the shadows of a building near where Tanik’s creas gathered I waved to the boys and they waved and grinned back I noticed that a quartet of elven Guardians kept their paladin in sight and within response distance

"Phaelan, I need to speak with Raine in private," Mychael said

My cousin looked at me "Would you like to speak to the paladin in private?"

"I think I need to"

"Fine Just yell if you need me--or all of us"

"I’ll do that"

"Coirl some space"

I waited until Phaelan and Piaras wereI also stayed well out of Mychael’s reach Trust is a wonderful thing; caution is even better

"I thought Carnades took over co happened to the old man" I kept my voice down in case there were any eavesdroppers I couldn’t see This was Mid; the freaking lampposts probably had ears

"Under normal circumstances he would be Circuot here"

I couldn’t keep a little set a declaration of us Silvanus has had his say Until Justinius is fully recovered, Carnades is the senior-ranking e But until this island is secure, he is under the protection of the Guardians in the comfort of his town house"

My little sot Carnades under house arrest?"

"At-hoe"

"Call it what you want You locked him up to keep him out of your way"