Chapter 17
“Ow, ow, ow!” Vander sat in the155Please respect copyright.PENANA6F5QxJ9afe
chair within the medical room while Topal placed topical ointments on his155Please respect copyright.PENANAOVq6rIYS47
wounds. He had removed his shirt to allow the doctor to check him over and155Please respect copyright.PENANAEtFTiq60kI
there were already colorful bruises gathering on his skin. Eliza, who was in155Please respect copyright.PENANAXB7b83F5H8
the adjoining room being attended to by Topal’s granddaughter seemed to be in155Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ0TsdPthG
better spirits. She was laughing the entire time with no sounds of pain.
“She did quite the number on you155Please respect copyright.PENANA8wmzR76eOK
huh?” Topal asked. Vander could see the little smirk gathering on the old man’s155Please respect copyright.PENANA31cTsmnRKg
face as he checked him over.
“You know I heal quickly, Topal.”155Please respect copyright.PENANAvTy4iJNjYo
Vander snorted. “Short of killing me, I’ll be better off sooner than she will.155Please respect copyright.PENANAkdx3sQJpDx
So, I’d say we were about even.”
“Don’t forget a lot of the nobles155Please respect copyright.PENANAGhN5Z3dzQl
saw you getting your ass beat, so you better pretend like you’re injured for a155Please respect copyright.PENANA3dkSPw9bCq
while.” Topal slapped Vander’s ribs causing him to sit up hissing between155Please respect copyright.PENANAwuHAlWt2lv
clenched teeth.
“I’ll remember that.” He hissed.155Please respect copyright.PENANAOUQhkWXE5R
Vander turned towards the door. He could hear two people coming down the hall155Please respect copyright.PENANA7K70v7lcqQ
towards the room. Based on their scent and how Shea was acting nonchalantly155Please respect copyright.PENANAqwjGSO5kKQ
about it, it was Cuvera and Kiara.
Cuvera didn’t even knock, he just155Please respect copyright.PENANARTTKtEAQ1f
walked in with Kiara coming up behind him. “Damn, you look like shit.” He155Please respect copyright.PENANAm08t97Ol0t
grinned. “But don’t you think you should put a shirt on.” he frowned. “You’re155Please respect copyright.PENANAx3IwJkRo1h
making me look bad.”
“Nonsense.” Kiara jabbed his side.155Please respect copyright.PENANAqRIyjqBuFB
“He’s the one who just got whooped by Eliza. You could have taken her easily.”155Please respect copyright.PENANAM8yclaDW92
She winked at Vander when Cuvera puffed out his chest in pride.
“Damn right I could.” He said,155Please respect copyright.PENANAWhroRn6jD8
slapping her on the ass causing her to squeal then punch his arm. “Go see how155Please respect copyright.PENANAXsdzHKsGop
your maid of honor is doing while I talk to Vander for a second.”
“You’re wish is my command.” She155Please respect copyright.PENANA3ePlAdjOMr
curtsied. Vander told her than Eliza was in the other room then pointed towards155Please respect copyright.PENANAgRSn49CPmm
the doorway. She walked through then closed the door behind her, so they155Please respect copyright.PENANA2Swqb5IkNw
couldn’t overhear what was being said.
“Doctor, would you mind giving us155Please respect copyright.PENANAFmsLGRu1HG
the room?” Cuvera asked.
“Of course.” Topal clipped his bag155Please respect copyright.PENANARtVS6SFWCd
shut but left the container of ointment for Vander. “Rub this on your wounds155Please respect copyright.PENANAw5jnLCgYJC
twice a day. They should clear up in a week or two.” Vander thanked the older155Please respect copyright.PENANACLCz6Ve286
man and watched as he closed the door.
“What is it you wanted to talk to155Please respect copyright.PENANAYYgeu5i3bC
me about?” Vander asked. Cuvera sighed then pulled up a seat across from155Please respect copyright.PENANA9KpVsHvfTe
Vander.
“I want you to be my best man for155Please respect copyright.PENANA4VqqUmrw1Z
the wedding tonight.” He said. Vander stared at his friend a little confused.
“Who else were you considering?”155Please respect copyright.PENANA0hPPBi0JCm
he asked.
“No one.” Cuvera sighed. “You’ve155Please respect copyright.PENANAd0ienJLm9K
been with me since the very beginning and despite what the nobles say, you are155Please respect copyright.PENANA0FfwLZtw80
the closest friend I have. You are the only one I’ve wanted by my side155Please respect copyright.PENANA7021fcGg4l
tonight.”155Please respect copyright.PENANAl6FpjnUph2
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“Why did it take so long155Please respect copyright.PENANAowIfpIIMCG
for you to ask me?” Vander laughed, but immediately regretted it, holding his155Please respect copyright.PENANAAZVJMfAaKX
side in pain. “Have you asked my grandfather to make sure it’s alright I skip155Please respect copyright.PENANAUvt9ObIOTT
guarding duty tonight?”
“I asked him after you left.”155Please respect copyright.PENANAi3UK7MUJYk
Cuvera nodded. “He said it was fine provided you agree. My father will deal155Please respect copyright.PENANATncP0KX7d2
with the nobles, I just need you to say yes.”
“Do you have something for me to155Please respect copyright.PENANALMirf8BC89
wear?” Vander asked causing Cuvera to break out in a wide grin. “All my155Please respect copyright.PENANADNitIZHGMS
clothing are for going out on the town or performing my duties as a Blade. I155Please respect copyright.PENANAQcdoWB3nqh
don’t have anything you would consider,” he waved his hand around. “Appropriate155Please respect copyright.PENANAZwt0kCsPsZ
for a wedding.”
“What do you take me for?” Cuvera155Please respect copyright.PENANAYVWRYgkLDi
scoffed. “Come on, this will be fun.”
Thirty minutes later Vander found155Please respect copyright.PENANAMHK4PUQh2J
himself in Cuvera’s room standing on a circular stand with three mirrors155Please respect copyright.PENANATMRnZSeMva
surrounding him. There was an army of people coming in and out of the room with155Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1dmpyDtba
a seamstress taking his measurements with a thin tape. She made notes on a155Please respect copyright.PENANA9IhJEJwXI9
piece of paper then shouted orders to her people.
“Give me the silver fabric.” Opal155Please respect copyright.PENANA0OwIy4RPLM
Jayne ordered. Apparently she was of no relation to Topal, but Vander found155Please respect copyright.PENANAcrVOFYKcFk
that hard to believe. No way multiple people be that bad at naming their155Please respect copyright.PENANAdEm5024BG7
children. “Yes, this will match your hair quite nicely.” She muttered to155Please respect copyright.PENANA9K6lYr3Nhf
herself. She snapped her fingers and the helpers brought in some more fabric155Please respect copyright.PENANApMllvnDhVU
for her to look at ranging from blues all the way to yellows. She placed the155Please respect copyright.PENANAnUN8pantWE
silver fabric on Vander’s shoulder. She then started to place other fabrics on155Please respect copyright.PENANARcUELCfYjj
top until she found a dark blue she liked.
“Is it done?” Cuvera asked.
“I have all the measurements I155Please respect copyright.PENANA2Et7thizW5
need from him as well as the colors to best match his complexion along with155Please respect copyright.PENANAWcNOm5FNWn
your outfit.” Opal mused. “I never thought I would get the chance to work on155Please respect copyright.PENANAqdJecQtUxR
you, Vander, it will take all of my power to make this work, but I daresay you155Please respect copyright.PENANAjCqg9xUSNi
will like the results.”
“Thank you.” Cuvera smiled. “Get155Please respect copyright.PENANAfsMzeaouXA
him a few rings and a necklace as well. He doesn’t like spending money on155Please respect copyright.PENANAWppa6zStnz
himself, so I get to do it instead.”
“Of course.” She smiled. “I’ll155Please respect copyright.PENANAVqlvHzmcr1
send you my bill. When do you need this by?”
“Tomorrow afternoon.” He said.155Please respect copyright.PENANA8BlqfSmHFm
Vander looked over at him with a frown.
“I thought the wedding was155Please respect copyright.PENANAGRip574ZLV
tonight?” Cuvera and Opal looked at each other then burst out laughing.
“This wouldn’t all be done by155Please respect copyright.PENANAB7tEEJyL5L
tonight dear boy.” Opal wiped a tear from the corner of her eye. “I have two155Please respect copyright.PENANAN6Lzp8WNAc
dresses to make and your suit. I’ll be up all night making sure everything is155Please respect copyright.PENANA2JkOjR73wW
ready.”
“I made sure it was okay if I155Please respect copyright.PENANAINKWo3mgmv
postponed it until tomorrow.” Cuvera explained. “If anything, my father was155Please respect copyright.PENANA8DQUuLfiPC
relieved for more time, so he approved it.”
“What am I supposed to do with155Please respect copyright.PENANASI7QqZcS36
myself now?” Vander groaned.
“Don’t know.” Cuvera shrugged. “Go155Please respect copyright.PENANACOnlB0zCdf
for a walk, get drunk, get your dick wet, whatever you want. I’ll see you155Please respect copyright.PENANAr33vMUnCYj
later.” He winked then quickly slipped out of the room.
“Jackass.” Vander muttered. He155Please respect copyright.PENANAfRMtH4Yn2n
slipped on his clothing, clipped his sword to his belt, then left the room.155Please respect copyright.PENANAbALNbjD2fD
Shea had been forced to sit outside so she wasn’t in the way, so she joined155Please respect copyright.PENANATI6IuPjc22
him.
“That seemed like fun.” She155Please respect copyright.PENANAlUJXuYK0wj
said.
“Well, now we have the night off.”155Please respect copyright.PENANAId5mru5dvH
He replied. “What should we do now?”
“I would like to head back if155Please respect copyright.PENANAcijcUfQd9G
you don’t mind.” She said. “I’m tired.”
“You are more than welcome to head155Please respect copyright.PENANAaBEafAwn8H
back to the bedroom if you want.” He said. “I’ll be fine on my own.”
“Don’t forget you have to155Please respect copyright.PENANAbsDBtYkplG
oversee the protection detail around the castle for tomorrow’s wedding.” She155Please respect copyright.PENANApQ1P41rIeR
said. “Perhaps you should focus on that while you have time.”
“Ah shit, I forgot about that.” He155Please respect copyright.PENANAENr2LV18RL
groaned. “So much has happened within the past several days that it slipped my155Please respect copyright.PENANAebI1EzA9fC
mind.”
“Then it’s lucky that my mind is155Please respect copyright.PENANAjOEGkOH1D2
still about me.” Vander turned around to see his grandfather standing behind155Please respect copyright.PENANAVagJvvB6FM
them. “How many times have I told you not to talk to Shea where others can hear155Please respect copyright.PENANAE7RpYwtbfT
you?”
“Sorry, Grandfather.” Vander155Please respect copyright.PENANAumoYPyLon4
muttered. Shea licked his hand before walked down the hall and disappearing155Please respect copyright.PENANAfSLojVCejU
into the darkness. “She’s heading back to my room to sleep. She hasn’t been155Please respect copyright.PENANAmmh884FzGh
sleeping well lately.”
“With all the wardens here, I’m155Please respect copyright.PENANAnnCbg7aSvE
surprised anyone is sleeping.” Charles sighed. “Anyway, do you have a moment to155Please respect copyright.PENANA3mwbP48KNU
chat? There are some things I’d like to discuss with you.”
“Of course.” Charles led the way155Please respect copyright.PENANArBrJw7DGMx
down the hall and up a flight of stairs towards his office. There were two155Please respect copyright.PENANAkrbcutGsDF
Blades standing at the door whom he dismissed with a flick of his hand. Once155Please respect copyright.PENANA1b4iSNkKF1
inside, he poured both a small glass of whiskey.
“Eliza passed.” Charles answered155Please respect copyright.PENANAAGK8Tjnub4
the unspoken question after he drained his glass and poured himself another155Please respect copyright.PENANAO8o4P1fvVQ
one. “After the wedding we will initiate her as a Blade Captain with control of155Please respect copyright.PENANAhWQfZcqjJq
her own squad.”
“Are you sure about that?” Vander155Please respect copyright.PENANAomlMIOXWJ3
asked. “There are abound to be plenty who are going to be pissed they got155Please respect copyright.PENANA6aJcQo5MmX
passed for a promotion to someone from Bricen, even if she is qualified.”
“They are able to challenge her155Please respect copyright.PENANAg86Cq4FRqb
for the spot, but based on how she was able to take you down, I doubt the155Please respect copyright.PENANAEhwmjFy2Fc
others will be able to keep up with her.” He explained.
“Come on gramps,” Vander rolled155Please respect copyright.PENANAHHGtirjZqk
his eyes. “I was holding back, and you know it.”
“An ass whooping is an ass155Please respect copyright.PENANAkGJ2Tq9jls
whooping Vander.” He laughed. “Plus, I expect she was holding back as well, and155Please respect copyright.PENANAdld5Qk4JWY
she had just finished running the gauntlet beforehand. I think you would have155Please respect copyright.PENANAXoczFU8l7t
lost if she wasn’t exhausted.”
“You’re supposed to be on my155Please respect copyright.PENANANSsGA7fuMR
side.” He grumbled.
“I’m for whatever makes us155Please respect copyright.PENANAhje5S3OQ5x
stronger.” Charles leaned back in his chair. “Malcolm told me about what Ross155Please respect copyright.PENANAWa6p6V1sBj
had told you when you visited him. While I’m not happy you went there,155Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5MTHSqJgY
especially without telling me, we now have an enemy to focus our efforts on. Was155Please respect copyright.PENANAH2sKvK3s3u
there anything else he could tell you?”
“There was, but I’d have to fight155Please respect copyright.PENANA95V56Y1d7e
in the pits against his champions.” Vander explained. “It’s not something I’m155Please respect copyright.PENANAPnjZqLpUIl
keen on doing, but I will if I need to.”
“That might not be necessary.”155Please respect copyright.PENANAdtp6VSWqcc
Charles was quiet for a moment. “What do you know of Draken? The man Warden155Please respect copyright.PENANABp8ulV76X9
Valarian always keeps with her?”
“Not much.” Vander admitted. “Just155Please respect copyright.PENANARC975o4Ynz
that he’s a strong fighter.”
“Not just that.” Charles got up155Please respect copyright.PENANAOH0CyvQX7L
from his desk to walk towards one of the bookshelves. He skimmed the shelves155Please respect copyright.PENANAVGvQJfm6ZT
for a moment before selecting an old black book with gold trim. He flipped155Please respect copyright.PENANAmWzLsi6bkg
through the pages until he found the one he wanted then placed it on the table155Please respect copyright.PENANA4C8u3ctUK9
in front of Vander. It was a picture of Aubum, the deity of mortality and155Please respect copyright.PENANAtVH3cOXvbQ
death. One of the children of the Darkness.
Aubum was a mysterious deity. Not155Please respect copyright.PENANAq1XOS1PAeo
much was known about him even within the texts of the other deities. Before his155Please respect copyright.PENANAv1S2E9ajRK
arrival, humans were immortal, but Darkness had created him to rob them of the155Please respect copyright.PENANAsP43ZBnTba
one thing they coveted more than anything, their lives. It was a move to try155Please respect copyright.PENANAiiWS33jolP
and weaken her parents and siblings, but it backfired because humans prayed to155Please respect copyright.PENANA76WBtFCFDA
the deities even more afterwards. Some believe he did it to weaken his mother,155Please respect copyright.PENANART0p0weSOv
but that was the minority opinion.
Aubum was human in appearance, but155Please respect copyright.PENANAQo8wVkMmy2
his hair was bright green while his skin was the color of death. He wore white155Please respect copyright.PENANAviBCcALcC8
robes with sandaled feet. His weapon of choice was a large scythe, but he used155Please respect copyright.PENANAmTvp5bQJQQ
it more to walk with than as a weapon considering how old he truly was.
“Are you telling me that Draken is155Please respect copyright.PENANAqi4mWXp3q5
the Ma’akti of Aubum?” Vander asked. “I thought he stayed out of human affairs155Please respect copyright.PENANAaHBfWYALHn
until their death?”
“It’s something passed down since155Please respect copyright.PENANAN3SeFda4Tg
the Valarian line started.” Charles explained. “Out of everyone in the council,155Please respect copyright.PENANApk1ow2VAfU
only the King and I know who he truly is.” There was a slight gust of wind that155Please respect copyright.PENANAAZO1uduvT2
wafted around the apartment as the smell of decay appeared in Vander’s nose. In155Please respect copyright.PENANA2kFjwAZwSv
one deft movement, Vander jumped from his seat and drew his sword pointing it155Please respect copyright.PENANA09lXfPcfUC
at one of the darkened corners.
“Good.” A voice hissed from the155Please respect copyright.PENANAPUGQYnygNf
shadows. Two bright yellow eyes appeared as a man stepped out from the shadows,155Please respect copyright.PENANAKeXwITXi5l
but they clung to him as if trying not to let him go. Now that Vander’s eyes155Please respect copyright.PENANASRLIWK7HUd
could adjust, he realized the man had dark green, scaley skin, and large155Please respect copyright.PENANAARkLzTReoF
canines that jutted past his top lip. He was wearing a long-mottled cape which155Please respect copyright.PENANAD23pHEtmgD
allowed him to blend with the shadows along with leather armor protecting his155Please respect copyright.PENANACRJGFVLXL0
chest. He wore a series of knives on his belt, likely his preferred weapon of155Please respect copyright.PENANAfHZyVYwoBI
choice.
“Draken, you came.” Charles bowed155Please respect copyright.PENANA8yGFADEoMT
his head respectfully. “Would you like a drink?”
“No thanksssss, Commander.” He155Please respect copyright.PENANA8hVodMKhWk
hissed. “But why have you asked my missssstressss for me? I wasssss hoping to155Please respect copyright.PENANAImCGGAGyGL
enjoy my ssssstay?”
“Can you stop hissing?” Charles155Please respect copyright.PENANA4tYr8rH6ot
asked. “I know you do it just to make people piss their pants, but you don’t155Please respect copyright.PENANAncIvJpjiQ4
have to do it here.”
“Sorry.” Draken laughed. It155Please respect copyright.PENANAzV4sGkMx3R
sounded raspy like he had been smoking for decades, it was likely his throat155Please respect copyright.PENANA6wFmFiI6tp
wasn’t used to normal speak. “It’s a habit at this point.”
“How did you get in here?” Vander155Please respect copyright.PENANA1KXYAv83SX
asked.
“Do you expose your secrets to any155Please respect copyright.PENANALCgTEDRoNg
who asked Unna’tun Ma’akti?” Vander stared at him surprised. “Only those with155Please respect copyright.PENANAYQTudKj90B
her abilities can sense me when I’m cloaked considering we are cousins of a155Please respect copyright.PENANA6jXQBi3nBr
sort.”
“I guess that makes sense.” Vander155Please respect copyright.PENANAtbnBIQY5aJ
shrugged his shoulder. “This is something I would kill to keep secret if you155Please respect copyright.PENANAkx3c2Z0yCQ
catch my meaning.”
“Don’t worry.” Draken smiled. “I155Please respect copyright.PENANA8yIzX3Q2gJ
won’t tell anyone anything. This is a secret that should stay in the shadows155Please respect copyright.PENANAxpYxPSFqtI
with as few as possible. None of us wish for our secrets to be exposed,155Please respect copyright.PENANAB6U9XVkn6j
especially not those in power.”
“Only a select few will know of155Please respect copyright.PENANAOjMZfavDQM
this.” Charles explained. “We have sworn on the book of Humjir to keep the155Please respect copyright.PENANAQwHheUvyz4
identities a secret. If anyone breaks that vow, they will die.”
“I trust you.” Vander sighed. “But155Please respect copyright.PENANAdelmYUbIXi
onto the question, why is he here?”
“Because I have a job for him.”155Please respect copyright.PENANAebrCPf1zvm
Charles explained. “We have someone in our dungeons who knows the location of155Please respect copyright.PENANAlBYRU9pttI
whoever tried to kill our King. I want you to pry the information out of my any155Please respect copyright.PENANAD0GOvZTgNa
means necessary then track down whoever sent him here. When you find them, I155Please respect copyright.PENANAj82M1CzMyh
want to know about it.”
“And who will protect my Warden155Please respect copyright.PENANAyh6tFPqO02
while I do this?” Draken asked.
“We will have our best protecting155Please respect copyright.PENANA5wbo9SOHoD
her.” Charles assured him. “Captain Alexander will take three others to help155Please respect copyright.PENANAcptgMJ5wXU
protect her.”
“Do you trust him?”
“With my life.” Vander answered.155Please respect copyright.PENANA09RLKPSAU2
“We’ve been through a lot together. We will protect her with his life if need155Please respect copyright.PENANAReI6uu5V9n
be.”
“Then very well.” Draken bowed his155Please respect copyright.PENANAj7lRDJCHHU
head. “Should I make daily reports?”
“No, only report when you finish.”
“Understood.” With that Draken155Please respect copyright.PENANAabe4Q3kbVB
slunk back into the shadows then disappeared. Vander didn’t speak until he was155Please respect copyright.PENANAklf61sbXLZ
sure that the man was gone.
“That was something.” He said.
“He’s always been like that, but155Please respect copyright.PENANApVxTLoH3fe
he gives results and that’s what matters.”
“Will the guards walk in on155Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8bIGSHkCj
anything?” Vander asked.
“I gave the guards the night off.”155Please respect copyright.PENANA3VA3vW8kS6
Charles sat back down in his chair. “No one will hear the man’s screams. I want155Please respect copyright.PENANA9Hf63omYE4
to get this done as quickly as possible.”
“Cuvera and I questioned him155Please respect copyright.PENANA11k1aOP3s7
before, and he swore that they had nothing to do with the King’s poisoning.”155Please respect copyright.PENANAIrU3yIisVb
Vander explained.
“You know better than to trust155Please respect copyright.PENANASruPaCeRAs
someone like that Vander, unless you doubt Ross’ word?”
“Ross always has some hidden155Please respect copyright.PENANANFy1UwpWoV
agenda, but he wouldn’t lie to me.” Vander frowned. “It could be his155Please respect copyright.PENANA3Pn8HLpBqt
information is wrong.”
“We will see what happens once155Please respect copyright.PENANAWHXT3c9WNc
Draken finishes his investigation.” Charles tossed back his whiskey. “His155Please respect copyright.PENANAielpuHU3Mh
methods are cruel, but we need that now. Any moment we waste is another chance155Please respect copyright.PENANANWmIV9dSWc
they must kill Malcolm.”
“I agree with you.” Vander also155Please respect copyright.PENANAvYueFNVru6
drank the burning liquid which caused him to grimace. He hated the taste, but155Please respect copyright.PENANA9AXt8AEFWI
it did relax him. “I don’t want to talk about this anymore gramps.”
“What should we talk about then?”155Please respect copyright.PENANAPYF78YEl0q
Charles grinned. “Would you like to talk about your attraction to Eliza?”155Please respect copyright.PENANA1B4Q9o0TIM
Vander choked on his drink.
“What?” He sputtered. “I don’t155Please respect copyright.PENANAgYesHFwbPf
like her!”
“So that mild bit of flirting155Please respect copyright.PENANADqshn7YNF6
while you fought this morning was nothing?” Charles asked. “I might be old, but155Please respect copyright.PENANAlBe28VPOCu
I’m not dead yet and neither are you. You’d be a fool not to be interested in155Please respect copyright.PENANAe4cWzHu2xY
her.”
“Come on, I barely know her.” He155Please respect copyright.PENANARns1WMknOH
protested. “Besides, she can find someone better.”
“I know Bree dumping you hurt, but155Please respect copyright.PENANAU7qPxdnufg
you can’t close yourself off forever.” His grandfather sighed. “It’s time you155Please respect copyright.PENANAiPu6uDif4a
found someone to settle down with. I’d like to have great-grand children before155Please respect copyright.PENANAiqhtKrQgx7
I die.”
“I’m only twenty, gramps.” Vander155Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7nzbJGcVq
sighed. “We have plenty of time.”
“I suppose you’re right.” Charles155Please respect copyright.PENANAlo66VsUVBc
mused. However, he got a sad look in his eyes that Vander couldn’t quite figure155Please respect copyright.PENANAtOnhTOb4Ta
out.”
“Is everything alright?” he asked.
“Yes, yes.” Charles waved him off.155Please respect copyright.PENANA1EL8HxTwY9
“I just think she will be a good match for you as well, Vander. Give it some155Please respect copyright.PENANAUrli5gvSe1
thought, but ultimately, it’s up to you.”
“Thank you.” Vander sipped the155Please respect copyright.PENANAewnRJ8lwok
drink. “It is alright if I sleep? I’ve had a long day.”
“Of course.” Charles smiled. “I155Please respect copyright.PENANA4YvSLlmcfs
will see you tomorrow.” Vander walked over to the other side of the desk and155Please respect copyright.PENANAjEA9mWROlt
kissed his grandfather on the top of his head. With a small wave he left the155Please respect copyright.PENANAmCCu8XNVVQ
room.
He decided to take the long way155Please respect copyright.PENANA6062eg6joz
back to his room opting to take a walk along the outer corridor towards the155Please respect copyright.PENANAaRbt9PQTDE
other gardens. The gardens behind the castle were filled with various bushes155Please respect copyright.PENANAuRTEp0OzAq
and flower gardens ranging from roses to daffodils. There were pathways that155Please respect copyright.PENANAbMQ56iMNeq
weaved around each garden bed and benches were people sat while they enjoyed155Please respect copyright.PENANABndroaTmTg
themselves. Here nobles were allowed to visit, but with the wedding tomorrow,155Please respect copyright.PENANA0RKlNFL23Q
many were resting.
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when Vander sat down on a secluded bench in a corner garden. Despite the chaos155Please respect copyright.PENANAnAirFAL6fP
that was his life and Unna’s gifts constantly clawing at him, he enjoyed the155Please respect copyright.PENANA2nWiY8X8lb
quiet serenity that this spot offered him. It was one of the few places he155Please respect copyright.PENANADMkpuwWFKY
could feel at ease and not have to worry about anyone else. He lay down on the155Please respect copyright.PENANAR5HukVMevC
bench to stare up at the moon before closing his eyes to rest.