![]() If he's not nearby, I'll ask the guards if they saw him last night. "Okay, then you look for him inside, and I'll go outside. "Have you searched the other caverns?" he asked. "Maybe he went outside for some fresh air." This in a hopeful tone. "Nope, and we figured we wouldn't see either of you until." His smirk faded. ![]() Loren added wood to the cooking hearth, poking it into a bright blaze. ![]() I scanned the patients' cots on the off chance Kerrick had collapsed into one. Out in the large main cavern, the rest of the infirmary staff stirred. Kerrick's shirt, boots, and sword lay in a heap by the dying fire. I shot to my feet and dressed in record time. Icy fingers of fear wrapped around my heart. I'd thought I'd sucked all the deadly poison from Kerrick's wound.but what if I hadn't? The blood, the overpowering reek of dead ufas, and Wynn's poisoned knife striking Kerrick's arm. The events replayed in my head with vivid details. Had yesterday been a dream? Had I imagined Wynn's betrayal, Tohon trapped in a magical stasis, Kerrick's miraculous arrival, and the rest of the insanity? ![]() Kerrick was gone.įor a moment, I stared at the dent in the pillow. Opening my eyes, I confirmed the emptiness next to me. ![]() I rolled over, muttering at Kerrick for hogging the blanket, but stopped. ![]()
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