She nuzzled my face, and nodded. XXX But when I tapped the mirror, there was nothing. SQUEAK! Is this not what Elena wanted?”
I didn’t respond for a while, only stared out at the smoldering ruins that used to be the Straltaira manor. “Huntiata asked me about the battle of Mid Fort. My pinky was hacked cleanly off, my ring finger followed, my pointer was chopped away in a grotesque diagonal, and my thumb was sent spinning off the board. “You don’t seem too sour about it.”
“I knew it was coming. He nodded, and walked around the bed. “She’s with Prince Matthew.” Yavara answered, “I imagine she has quite a few questions for him.”
“Ah, yes.” Titus sighed, avoiding Yavara’s smirk.




















