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A long pause while Gray eyed hi mulch?”

Saetan’s shted we understand one another”

“Yes, sir I’hted too”

Hardly,Saetan thought as he led Gray to the Gate and opened it to the Keep in Kaeleer

After leaving Gray in a courtyard with an eh wood to keep the boy occupied for the rest of the day if need be, he sent a thought on a Black psychic spear thread Daemon

Father? Instant concern

Gray is here I need you and Lucivar at the Keep as soon as you can get here

Is Gray all right?

Saetan snorted softly Prince Jared Blaed is pissed off and doing just fine

A thoughtful assessh the psychic thread

Are you going to get some rest before we arrive? Daemon asked

Yes

A with his ti mulch?

Since Lucivar has been working through a lot of teh stacked to supply his eyrie, the Keep, and The Tavern for the next year or so

Ah So Gray ismulch

Or sawdust

Saetan broke the link and went up to his suite If the discussion turned out to be as lively as he expected, he was going to need all the rest he could get

Tired, sore, and dressed in clean clothes after taking a long, hot shower, Gray mopped up the stew in the bottom of the boith the last bite of bread Full, he sat back and noticed the books that filled one shelf in the wall

He’d just made his selection when Daemon walked into the room

“So you decided to stir things up today, did you?” Dae

Gray put the book back on the shelf “Did Uncle Saetan tell you why I’m here?”

“No, he just said Lucivar and I were needed”

“I didn’t think he told you You wouldn’t be s if he had”

“Be careful, puppy,” Daemon said softly “I consider you a friend, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be careful”

Dae room where Saetan and Lucivar waited Daemon took a seat Gray didn’t

“Now,” Saetan said, “say what you need to say, and we’ll listen And thenyou will listen”

The anger, and the feeling of betrayal, that had been building since his fight with Theran thatHe told thes Cassie had done for the Shalador people and for Dena Nehele He told thee and how it felt to be part of that community He told them about the landen community and the people who lived there And then he told the to retrieve so that Theran intended to replace Cassie with Ker Cassie aside after all the work she’d done for their people

And he felt jagged ice fill his gut when he realized the three of them didn’t seem the least bit surprised to hear about Theran’s plans for Kermilla