Jack was released straight into the care of two Cheese City soldiers, who were waiting with Borislava.
She grinned happily at the sight of them. “Finally, Jack. Glad to see your friendly faces!”
“What? I thought we were pretty friendly,” said one of the soldiers.
Borislava scoffed in disagreement and stepped away from the two, crouching down next to Sprinkle. “Sprinkle! So good to see you. How are you doing?”
“Much better, thank you. How about you, Boris?” Sprinkle greeted in return, grinning.
Borislava smacked him and stood up, crossing her arms in protest as he snickered. “Borislava! Lava!”
“Come on, everyone. We will take you to the king,” said the lead soldier, whom Jack had not met.
Jack, Lateef, Borislava, and Sprinkle followed the two soldiers across the hall. “Did you recove
