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Jade’s heart plu everything to Davian would not make for civil conversation

“Mind tellingon?” he asked as he folded his ar off hi”

“I had to take it off for the slaughter”

“Not for any other reason?”

She couldn’t bite back the sone for a while, but I didn’t turn ”

“You’ve been forced to spend a lot of time with Toran because of the incidents with the fire wraith”

“You think he grew on hed “Trust me, Toran and I have the push-pull relationship of an older brother and younger sister and nothing more In fact, I have half a mind to kick him in the shin the next ti me”

“Why?”

Here came the moment of truth

“You haven’t been to the castle yet, have you? You caht here?”

“I left the patrol when I heard of the attack on Walker I returned to assearrison to search for the shifters responsible And to offer additional protection for Ryleigh”

“The shifters have vanished, like our fire wraith”

“Yes, that’s a problem” He moved away from her and stoked the fire, which had nearly died since she hadn’t tended to it all day After tossing a log into the hearth, Davian turned back to Jade “You were right about the caves We found evidence the ar before we’d arrived We discoveredin various directions, and I’ve divided our forces to follow them”

“Any more settlements destroyed or humans murdered?”

“Not that we’re aware of Although…” He winced She wasn’t the only one ill at ease “My suspicion is they’re on a caade demons on the continent And head north”