“No sir, no sir. You couldn’t find him now even if you wanted to. Thanks to me and my mistress, he gonna be wandering out there in dat swamp for a good while. His reckoning be coming through da hands of a light elf sho enough—” “Cush,” Trik breathed. His head tilted back as he pinched the bridge of his nose, realization suddenly dawning on him. Cassie could tell the weight of his position and the responsibility he carried was heavy on his shoulders. Now that her parents were safe and she was able to focus on other things, she found that she desperately wanted to bare some of that load with her mate. “You bet yo quiver on it, dat’s right. Now why don’t you and your lovely Chosen have a sit down and tell these nice people what need be telling, whilst we all have some of Chamani’s hot tea,”