Kari was wrapping up training when George stormed across the grounds, bare-chested and slick with sweat, his eyes dark with anger.
“Where is your father?” he demanded.
Kari blinked, confused. “What do you mean? Last I saw him, he was going into the woods to help you settle a dispute.”
“That’s what I thought!” George exclaimed. “But he never came. Those two warriors nearly killed each other. It took me forever to diffuse the situation. I’ve been trying to mindlink him, but he’s got one hell of a block up.”
Kari frowned. She closed her eyes and reached for her father’s mindlink, but there was nothing. Her consciousness stretched into an empty void.
This isn’t a block, Nova whispered.
Her heart dropped. “He went into the woods,” she said as her eyes snapped open. “Evan and I both saw hi
