Chapter 83: All The Help We Can Get Pt.1

Alastair:

After the news that Merari served me at the restaurant, I quickly got out of there. John and Toran was about to follow but I wasn't so sure that it was a good idea. If Valene was as bad off as Merari seemed to think she was, I was not willing to risk anyone seeing her in such an unflattering light.

“She’s been pillaging everything in her path! Her hunger is insatiable, and worst of all she’s almost completely without remorse.”

As Merari stood there telling me everything that had been going on, there was obvious fear and frustration in her demeanor. She was worried about Valene and had every reason to be.

“Do you know why she-”

Before I could finish my question, she scoffed, rolling her eyes at me. “Do you really have to ask? As-as if she doesn’t have more than enough reason to be angry with the world?”

“So do you, love,” I reminded her. “You’re not destroying things because of it.”

Merari didn’t like what I’d said obviously. “There’s a simple explanation for that, Alastair.