**Vira (POV) ** [Kaarmanet, Fosliure Palace] To say that I returned in utter surprise would be an understatement. There were so many questions bubbling inside of me but there was little that I could share with Rebh. I didn't know what I could tell him and what I couldn't. After we returned from Loswittry as promised we met that night and Cahan told us a hilarious story of what came to pass in Quefailam court. Apparently, the court members thought he wanted to kill them for not agreeing to what Adri suggested. It also was weird that though we spent more than a day in Loswittry only half a day had passed here in the rest of Kaarmanet. And the two hours Cahan had spent battling Veronica were actually only a moment in the real world. The court nobles of Quefaialm ran for their lives seeing

