Kelan was going out of his mind! He looked down at the reports but didn’t see a thing. His mind replayed the scene from earlier over and over in his head. After Trisha pulled away from him, telling him about her father, he tried to explain to her why he could not take her back, but it had been fruitless. Every time he tried to touch her, she would move away from him. He tried to get her to see reason. He had a mission. He needed to return to Valdier and find out what was going on. His oldest brother needed to return home. He needed her!
But it all fell on deaf ears. She refused to listen, just repeating over and over that she needed to return home immediately. When he still refused to take her, she began reciting her name, rank, and a long series of numbers until he finally lost what litt
