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Chapter Twenty-Eight
Arwald’s Realm
SolumPalace•PHAELIN•
Halted.
I have been summoned to Solum for Arwald told us the Apophians halted their maneuver. They vanished according to Awena and Vaughan. The Solumian warriors have returned from the search. He spoke, “The land of the living was never peaceful barely.”
I sat at my throne in the Council Room as I keenly listened. Lothaire was not present for he was recovering from the encounter. I left my husband in our chamber early at daybreak. I replied, “It was quite eccentric that the vagabonds disappeared.”
“Indeed,” Caliban said, “Their ships in the Myrtoan Sea dropped out of sight as well. My
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